A few CPU hardware bugs

(taricorp.net)

24 points | by signa11 3 hours ago

5 comments

  • nippoo 42 minutes ago
    My favourite one of this kind is the Rockchip RK808 RTC, where the engineers thought that November had 31 days, needing a Linux kernel patch to this day that translates between Gregorian and Rockchip calendars (which are gradually diverging over time).

    Also one of my favourite kernel patch messages: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/lin...

  • Retr0id 53 minutes ago
    The GenuineIotel thing fascinates me because I can't fully grasp how it could happen. I can imagine a physical defect causing a permanent wrong-bit in a specific piece of silicon, but it seems more widespread than that. Perhaps some kind of bug in the logic synthesis process?
  • hikkerl 2 hours ago
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  • 6K76981-O 1 hour ago
    Writing software in embedded processor pipelines for bugs in the IT81202 CPU.

    Microcode errata re-writes to GPR, compiling low level "mul," and "output," CPU RISC V to system archictecture.