&gt; Except their bottom line. Anyone remember the cost to Intel for their faulty FPU in the P5?<p>I don&#x27;t think that&#x27;s as big of an issue with modern processors:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;wiki.debian.org&#x2F;Microcode" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;wiki.debian.org&#x2F;Microcode</a>:<p>&gt; Processors from Intel and AMD may need updates to their microcode to operate correctly. These updates fix bugs&#x2F;errata that can cause anything from incorrect processing, to code and data corruption, and system lockups.