(Ok, it was going to bother me so I had to go look up the lookup error. Worst case errors were up to the 4th sig. digit. That was about one case in a billion. Intel fixed it (eventually) because a computer that can't do math correctly is a bad joke.) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentium...
And Intel profited in the medium term from being seen as a company that stood behind its products. Now, companies that tell their customers to enjoy their shit sandwich only go up in valuation.
(The failsons hadn't completely conquered every branch of industry in the US in the late 90s. Nowadays, tho... ugh.)