Intel's Skylake chips have a freezing bug, but it only affects a few users
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Intel's 6th-generation Core "Skylake" processors have a bug inside, but it's likely that most users will never encounter it. The issue only comes up when a Windows or Linux-based PC with the chip is performing complex mathematical workloads.
PC and tablets with Skylake chips, such as Microsoft's Surface Pro 4 are affected by the bug, which was discovered by mathematicians while working for tor the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS). Ars Technica received a statement from Intel confirming the bug:
Intel says they have created a fix for this issue, and it will be released as a BIOS update via the company's many hardware partners.
Source: Ars Technica
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