From: jRT <jrt@asiaonline.net>
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 94 09:12:30 PST
To: bshantz@spry.com
Subject: Re: Pentium FDIV
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Try	(4,195,835 x 3,145,727)
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		3,145,727

A faulty Pentium returns 4,195,579.

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On Thu, 29 Dec 1994 bshantz@spry.com wrote:

> Haven't seen too much discussion of this and how it would affect crypto in 
> general.  Would the FDIV problem cause any problems when looking at large 
> prime numbers?  Actually, let me rephrase that, would it affect determining if 
> a large number is prime?  Floating point errors can be so much fun.
> 
> Also, does anyone have the "test" that was floating around the net and in 
> various newspapers a few weeks to see if your machine has the FDIV problem.  I 
> lost the little "post-it note" I had it written on.  Since then, I haven't 
> been able to reproduce it.  (Either the bug went away, or I entered the wrong 
> numbers.  **GRIN**)
> 
> --Brad
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