Intel
Thursday, April 14 2016
Finding a use for old Pentiums
[22:09:18] matt [wronka.org]/benito Intel may have been ahead of its time with the FDIV feature: https://www.technologyreview.com/s/601263/why-a-chip-thats-bad-at-math-can-help-computers-tackle-harder-problems/
(The page only seems ot render if you kill CSS, otherwise it complains about having read too many free articles even if it's your first time there.)
[22:09:18] matt [wronka.org]/benito Intel may have been ahead of its time with the FDIV feature: https://www.technologyreview.com/s/601263/why-a-chip-thats-bad-at-math-can-help-computers-tackle-harder-problems/
(The page only seems ot render if you kill CSS, otherwise it complains about having read too many free articles even if it's your first time there.)