Comment by autokad

9 years ago

i am more willing to accept software having bugs / failing. i have 0 tolerance for hardware to have bugs

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pshc  9 years ago

I wonder if there's a CPU out there that doesn't have bugs.

  • userbinator  9 years ago

    It depends on how exactly you define a bug, but something like a 6502 or Z80, which has essentially all the errata well-documented since it has existed for so long, might qualify.

    • DamonHD  9 years ago

      Z80 implementations for one had a whole slew of undocumented instructions, allegedly because they were buggy in some way.

  • autokad  9 years ago

    stop playing lawyer ball. i'm talking about the bugs that require turning off core functionality (such as hyperthreading) and/or that lead to system halts / corrupted data.

    yes it happens, but software bugs happen every day where as if your system blue screened every day you know dang well you'd be on the phone with the hardware vendor for a refund / new system.

    • coldtea  9 years ago

      >yes it happens, but software bugs happen every day where as if your system blue screened every day you know dang well you'd be on the phone with the hardware vendor for a refund / new system.

      Well, since hundreds of millions of people use Skylake/Kaby Lake CPUs for 2 years now, and only now we learn about this, obviously this is not of the "system blue screens every day" variety but a very rare bug.

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CJefferson  9 years ago

How much more would you pay, or how much of a speed penalty would you take, for bug-free CPUs?