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Re:AMD ymm registers are rolling back by Simran-B on Wednesday March 01, 2023 @05:06AM (#34980626)
> I find it astounding that it's possible to fix the behaviour a CPU instruction by changing code.

Sometimes, CPU vendors run out of space for such bug fixes. They have to re-introduce another bug to free up space to fix a more serious one. That one kinda blew my mind.

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Re:AMD ymm registers are rolling back by mghfreud on Wednesday March 01, 2023 @07:53AM (#34981811)
Do you have any source? I want to read more about this.
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