The Pentium F00F bug is a design flaw in Intel's P5 microarchitecture, and present in CPUs based on it, including the original Pentium, Pentium MMX, and Pentium OverDrive. Discovered in 1997, it can result in the processor ceasing to function until the computer is physically rebooted.
The Pentium F00F bug is a design flaw in Intel's P5 microarchitecture, and present in CPUs based on it, including the original Pentium, Pentium MMX, and Pentium OverDrive. Discovered in 1997, it can result in the processor ceasing to function until the computer is physically rebooted.
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