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From: greg@utcsri.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.arch,comp.sys.intel
Subject: Re: 80386 32-Bit Multiply Problems?
Message-ID: <4561@utcsri.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 12-Apr-87 20:34:59 EST
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Posted: Sun Apr 12 20:34:59 1987
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Reply-To: greg@utcsri.UUCP (Gregory Smith)
Organization: CSRI, University of Toronto
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Keywords: Newsworthy (Local Press)
Xref: utgpu comp.arch:844 comp.sys.intel:135
Summary: hack it, dear liza...  :-)

In article <1447@leadsv.UUCP> trimble@leadsv.UUCP (Gary Trimble) writes:
>The San Jose Mercury News today reported on "errors in the intel
>32-bit chip when doingg a multiply of  32-bit value with another
>32-bit value".
>
>The article inferred that the greatest impact would be on the Compaq
>company who is shipping the largest number of 80386-based equipment
>currently.
[..]
>	1) What IS the result of this operation? can someone post
>	a result (pure intellectual curiosity).
[..]
	3) can it be easily worked-around in a compiler  0.25 * :-)

[ I can see it now 'the startup routine does a multiply and sees if
the result is right. If so, it arranges for the multiply emulation
trap to replace the INT ops with real multiply ops, and restart them..]
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Greg Smith     University of Toronto      UUCP: ..utzoo!utcsri!greg
Have vAX, will hack...