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  • Intel's Skylake Prime Number Bug. (Repost 1)

    From Skybuck Flying@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jan 11 17:12:52 2016
    XPost: alt.lang.asm, alt.math, comp.security
    XPost: sci.crypt

    Hello,

    Apperently Intel's Skylake Processors can freeze up when calculating certain Prime Numbers.

    I am investigating this story further, for now here is a link about it:

    https://communities.intel.com/mobile/mobile-access.jspa#jive-content?content=%2Fapi%2Fcore%2Fv3%2Fcontents%2F524553

    Enjoy ! =D

    Bye,
    Skybuck =D

    P.S.: This is repost 1, this message has also been posted to 5 other newsgroups.

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  • From William Unruh@21:1/5 to Skybuck Flying on Mon Jan 11 17:41:37 2016
    XPost: alt.lang.asm, alt.math, comp.security
    XPost: sci.crypt

    On 2016-01-11, Skybuck Flying <skybuck2000@hotmail.com> wrote:
    Hello,

    Apperently Intel's Skylake Processors can freeze up when calculating certain Prime Numbers.

    How do you calculate a prime number? From the link, what he seems to
    mean is "calculating whether certain Mersenne numbers are prime".


    I am investigating this story further, for now here is a link about it:

    https://communities.intel.com/mobile/mobile-access.jspa#jive-content?content=%2Fapi%2Fcore%2Fv3%2Fcontents%2F524553

    Which also says Intel has fixed the bug and has/is rolling out a BIOS
    fix to fix the bug.


    Enjoy ! =D

    Bye,
    Skybuck =D

    P.S.: This is repost 1, this message has also been posted to 5 other newsgroups.


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  • From Kerr Mudd-John@21:1/5 to skybuck2000@hotmail.com on Mon Jan 11 19:50:51 2016
    XPost: alt.math, comp.security, sci.crypt

    On Mon, 11 Jan 2016 16:12:52 -0000, Skybuck Flying
    <skybuck2000@hotmail.com> wrote:
    []
    Bye,
    Skybuck =D

    P.S.: This is repost 1, this message has also been posted to 5 other newsgroups.

    Why oh why?

    --
    Bah, and indeed, Humbug

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  • From Richard Heathfield@21:1/5 to Kerr Mudd-John on Mon Jan 11 19:54:03 2016
    XPost: alt.math, comp.security, sci.crypt

    On 11/01/16 19:50, Kerr Mudd-John wrote:
    On Mon, 11 Jan 2016 16:12:52 -0000, Skybuck Flying
    <skybuck2000@hotmail.com> wrote:
    []
    Bye,
    Skybuck =D

    P.S.: This is repost 1, this message has also been posted to 5 other
    newsgroups.

    Why oh why?

    Because, for at least fifteen years, he's been posting (and
    cross-posting and multi-posting) irrelevancies and gibberish to Usenet,
    and he's obviously finding it a hard habit to break. Why did you think?

    --
    Richard Heathfield
    Email: rjh at cpax dot org dot uk
    "Usenet is a strange place" - dmr 29 July 1999
    Sig line 4 vacant - apply within

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  • From Skybuck Flying@21:1/5 to skybuck2000@hotmail.com on Mon Jan 11 21:10:08 2016
    XPost: alt.math, comp.security, sci.crypt

    "Kerr Mudd-John" wrote in message
    news:op.ya3aq2kmmsr2db@dell3100.dlink.com...

    On Mon, 11 Jan 2016 16:12:52 -0000, Skybuck Flying
    <skybuck2000@hotmail.com> wrote:
    []
    Bye,
    Skybuck =D

    P.S.: This is repost 1, this message has also been posted to 5 other newsgroups.

    "
    Why oh why?
    "

    I find your lack of experience with usenet disturbing ! ;) =D

    Bye,
    Skybuck.

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