Errata Prompts Intel To Disable TSX In Haswell, Early Broadwell CPUs 131
Dr. Damage writes: The TSX instructions built into Intel's Haswell CPU cores haven't become widely used by everyday software just yet, but they promise to make certain types of multithreaded applications run much faster than they can today. Some of the savviest software developers are likely building TSX-enabled software right about now. Unfortunately, that work may have to come to a halt, thanks to a bug—or "errata," as Intel prefers to call them—in Haswell's TSX implementation that can cause critical software failures. To work around the problem, Intel will disable TSX via microcode in its current CPUs — and in early Broadwell processors, as well.
Well, we call them... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Not all that surprising... (Score:5, Funny)
Same as happens to all early adopters -- the feature may or may not work, and even if it does, there's no guarantee it will be supported (or the same) in the next version.
This is a pretty big 'errata', which is an awesome marketing speak for "really bad QA".
Engineers Release Really Awful Tech. Awesome!
Re:Well, we call them... (Score:4, Funny)
It's okay, Intel are setting a new subdivision to undo these problems. And to maximise employee happiness, it's being built in the Canary Islands.
I think I'd enjoy being a Featurata Reverter in Fuertaventura.