The splashy launch of their new Pentium chip in 1993 was a huge event. Unfortunately an esoteric bug in the floating-point division module came to the public’s attention. [Ken Shirriff]’s ...
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Once a week, Alvin Yeo hops onto a small, white skiff at Lim Chu Kang jetty and heads out to a farm on the water owned by his dad. It's a breezy five-minute journey that takes him past dozens of ...
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An Essex charity has paid tribute to its patron and broadcasting "icon" Johnnie Walker. The DJ died on Tuesday, two months after calling time on his 58-year radio career because of ill health.