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Q: According To Intel, The Pentium Conforms To The IEEE Standards 754 And 854 For Floating Point Arithmetic.
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Q: According to Intel, the Pentium conforms to the IEEE standards 754
and 854 for floating point arithmetic. If you fly in aircraft
designed using a Pentium, what is the correct pronunciation of "IEEE"?
A: Aaaaaaaiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeeeee!
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Q: What algorithm did Intel use in the Pentium's floating point divider?
A: "Life is like a box of chocolates." (Source: F. Gump of Intel)...
9.9999973251 It's a FLAW, Dammit, not a Bug 8.9999163362 It's Close Enough, We Say So 7.
9999414610 Nearly 300 Correct Opcodes 6.9999831538 You Don't Need to Know What's Inside 5....
Pentium: Intel's version of the 586.
Q: Why didn't Intel call the Pentium the 586? A: Because they added 486 and 100 on the first Pentium and got 585.
999983605....
What the gods would destroy, they first submit to an IEEE standards committee.
Q: What do you get when you cross a Pentium PC with a research grant? A: A mad scientist.
Q: What do you call a series of FDIV instructions on a Pentium? A: Successive approximations.
ANALYSTS PANIC: Prime numbers missing from IEEE floating point?
-- "National Computer Science Enquire...
Pentium n. The name given to Intel's P5 chip, the successor to the 80486.
The name was chosen because of difficulties Intel had in trademarking a number....