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The fangs of the VIPER

Nature volume 352, pages 467–468 (1991)Cite this article

VIPER is the first commercially available microprocessor whose design is claimed to have been proven correct. The controversy provoked by the claim reveals fundamental disagreement about the meaning of 'proof'.

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MacKenzie, D. The fangs of the VIPER. Nature 352, 467–468 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1038/352467a0

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