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Intel’s Pentium FDIV bug and recall
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David Farquhar
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June 12, 2026, 11:37 a.m.
retro computing
Intel
Pentium
FDIV Bug
CPU recall
Summary
In 1994, a mathematics professor uncovered the Pentium FDIV bug in Intel's new CPU, which led to the company recalling 60,000 units due to incorrect division calculations.
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