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Do you think that faulty hardware - motherboard, CPU, RAM etc, could have caused its fair share of BSODs as well as erratic behaviour?
Is the bug that was found in the chips in the area of the x86 chip architecture? Haven't there been previous conversations here about how bloated this architecture is due to backward compatibilities? Would both the complexity and number of hidden bugs be reduced if some of these backward compatibilities were removed?
I swear I seen this conversation here previously. Or was the bios on these boards only for 64 bit, which I just read does not use the x86 chip architecture.
Dan
I swear I seen this conversation here previously. Or was the bios on these boards only for 64 bit, which I just read does not use the x86 chip architecture.
Dan
Hi Dan,
It appears the the bug this time round involves the "TLB" or Translation Lookside Buffer.
It appears that Intel modified how it operated, in an attempt to improve it, but without adequate notification to the software (OS) folks.
In that case, it probably has nothing to do with legacy x86 architecture at all. Though of course, I'm sure there is a fairly extensive list of x86 bugs as well - and which is probably what you read about previously.
It appears the the bug this time round involves the "TLB" or Translation Lookside Buffer.
It appears that Intel modified how it operated, in an attempt to improve it, but without adequate notification to the software (OS) folks.
In that case, it probably has nothing to do with legacy x86 architecture at all. Though of course, I'm sure there is a fairly extensive list of x86 bugs as well - and which is probably what you read about previously.
I think that, like every other industry out there, the computer industry has gotten caught up in the rush to get newer and better tech out before the next guy and before it is thoroughly ready. All of our industial base should be looking at making what they have out there work better. Everyone is in such a rush to put out new products that do everything in one package, that we lose track of the initial objective, make it better. I do not want to watch tv on my computer, I do not want to make phone calls over it, and I do not wish to replace my home stereo system with it. I also do not wish to use it for gaming either, I have a SNES game system for that and it's good enough for my purposes. My computer is a tool and that is all it is. It is for online research, office type work and email (90% of which is sent to the trash can, unopened. I ocassionaly do some shopping and instant messaging also.
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