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...for those who might be waiting for a BIOS update to get rid of the Skylake bug, yes. Usually people are on top of this kind of thing.
Edit: Fixed the thread title. Does that make it clearer for you?
Im still confused... LOL!
First, +1 to Woomack..
Second, was this for all boards in the Z170 line from ASUS or just the M8G?
EDIT: The Extreme got it... listed as: Update Microcode and improve system compatibility.
Whatever that means. I didn't run across the P95 bug either when I tried, so, I can't tell if this fixes it or not. Seeing as how it appears to be across all models, and it was stated that a microcode update would fix it, I would imagine it would fix that.
uses Fast Fourier Transforms to multiply extremely large numbers. A particular exponent size, 14,942,209, has been found to cause the system crashes.
So he has tested it and has errors with his work?
Even if error appears then it doesn't mean it will cause application crash or something. Stress test won't let you pass as it will find error but other applications will rerun operation or will pass to next task ( not all are crucial ). There is error correction in modern systems so if anything happens then it's often recalculated/corrected. Check system monitor in any Windows. There is info about actual calculation errors.
https://www.coursehero.com/file/12316974/The-Pentium-FDIV-bug-research/The Pentium FDIV bug was a floating point bug, though rarely encountered by most users (Byte magazine estimated that 1 in 9 billion floating point divides with random parameters would produce inaccurate results), both the flaw and Intel's initial handling of the matter were heavily criticized. Intel ultimately recalled the defective processors.
QUOTE:The trouble with Floating point numbers
We all know of floating point numbers, so much so that we reach for them each time we write code that does math. But do we ever stop to think what goes on inside that floating point unit and whether we can really trust it? I hate to cast aspersions on its good name but when I hear stories of space craft crashing, inconsistent … http://forums.theregister.co.uk/forum/1/2006/08/12/floating_point_approximation/#c_353