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Not the first bug reported for Ryzen. Wasn't there a couple of others too, one with linux locking up and another triggered by the ocaml compiler emitting opcodes refering AH/BH/CH/DH registers in a tight loop?

Edit: Sorry, the ocaml bug was Intel Skylake. It's interesting how so many new CPUs have breaking bugs. Feels like it's been quiet since the original pentium F00F bug and then all of a sudden everyone's new CPUs break.



The ocaml compiler found a bug in Intel's Skylake/Kaby Lake. If they found one for Ryzen too, I haven't heard about it.

https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2017/06/msg00308.html


You are right, of course.


> It's interesting how so many new CPUs have breaking bugs.

Dan Luu observed the same thing, and thinks it will continue to be very likely: https://danluu.com/cpu-bugs/


cool article, thanks a lot for sharing.

it mentions something that I really worried about - Intel knowingly requested its own validation efforts to be reduced so they can place half baked products onto the market faster. pretty sad that both Intel/AMD are seem to be cutting corners to just be a little bit faster in the competition.


The OCaml thing was Skylake. But at least that one was fixed back in May.




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