Could this code damage my processor?

Question

A friend sent me that code and alleges that it could damage the processor. Is that true?

void damage_processor() {
    while (true) {
        // Assembly code th         


        

Answer 1

I heard rumor of a bug in the Pentium I that when given a certain nonsensical series of instructions in a tight loop would burn up a single flip-flop so fast the thermal protection couldn't protect it.

What I found reference for once was really old CPUs could be cooked by doing this in real mode:

halt:
    jmp short halt

The correct code was

halt:
    nop
    jmp short halt