Re:How Did Software Get So Reliable Without Proof? (1996) [pdf]
by Jtsummers on Friday September 18, 2020 @10:31AM
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Intel (and presumably others) use formal methods to verify their hardware designs, or at least large portions of them. This started in earnest after the FDIV bug. Here's a presentation on the topic (dated now, but my understanding is the use of formal methods has only increased since then).
https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~jrh13/slides/nijmegen-21jun02/slid...