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That did happen at one point, and cost Intel an estimated $475 Million[1]. Of course, that was (presumably) an unintentional bug.
[1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentium_FDIV_bug
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I don't consider SMM or microcode updates to be above suspicion; Ken Thompson's's Reflections on Trusting Trust suggests that nothing is above suspicion.
That did happen at one point, and cost Intel an estimated $475 Million[1]. Of course, that was (presumably) an unintentional bug.
[1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentium_FDIV_bug
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I don't consider SMM or microcode updates to be above suspicion; Ken Thompson's's Reflections on Trusting Trust suggests that nothing is above suspicion.