Buggy PENTIUM
I checked the output from my validation runs after installing NONMEM on a
Pentium-based PC. All point estimates were exact to the 3 digits printed;
estimates of standard errors were occasionally off in the third digit, but that
is certainly not unexpected.
I have a call in to the Intel folks and have been waiting for a week now for a
response. Another Pentium owner in our lab has spoken with an Intel technician
and has informed me that they are sending a replacement chip. Evidently the
intensive calculations involved in nonlinear mixed effects modeling met Intel's
requirements for replacing the chip.