Rare AMD JPEG issue...

[Demon-Xanth]

I keep seeing reports on the issue but they're about as informative as a Win95 BSOD. Does anyone have any clue what glitches could concievably cause this? (bad CPU instruction?) Please no "AMD sucks" or "something broke" type answers.

 

[CTho9305]

umm... your question is about as clear as a win95 BSOD also
what are you asking, and is it technical?

 

[Demon-Xanth]

This Inq story is what I am referring to (it's on a few news sites), and what I'm asking is what causes it to only affect jpeg and mpeg data.

 

[aswedc]

I posted a thread on this topic in the CPU forum quite a while ago. Might want to take a look at the discussion here...

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Interesting. It almost sounds like someone took a shortcut with some code that doesn't always work, but works enough that not many people notice.

For the record: I have never experienced this problem with any of my AMD chips nor any AMD CPUs that I have worked with (and I've had a bunch)

 

[majewski9]

There is no AMD jpeg problem! There is no technical basis! This is a myth despite what people say.

 

[Wingznut]

As much as I don't care for Van Smith's opinions, I am surprised that he chose to post this on his site...

"AMD has confirmed that a very small number of CPUs ?exhibiting a minor manufacturing issue? slipped through its product testing process and into the hands of consumers. According to AMD spokesman Damon Muzny, a few chips possessing these specific problems managed to fall through a crack in AMD?s manufacturing test process."

 

[TravisBickle]

what's a cashcade processor?

 

[BurntKooshie]

cascades is the 0.18 µm Xeon

 

[TravisBickle]

oh I get it, Magee sneaked a joke up on me.
bast*rd