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    Intel chip vulnerability

    Interesting read here https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/0...u_design_flaw/
    Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!

    #2
    Another reason then to choose a AMD ThreadRipper over an i9 cpu.

    https://www.extremetech.com/computin...intels-core-i9
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      #3
      The bit thats really going to bite is the performance hit of the fix. Up to 30% slowdown depending on the application.

      Thats going to cost a lot of people a lot of money, especially the ones who've been sweating their kit or stingy on the original specs.
      "Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.

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        #4
        oh, dear, but i must say this made me chuckle
        'Forcefully Unmap Complete Kernel With Interrupt Trampolines'
        well, the acronym.

        ah, well, it's all back to proper computers people!
        Z/OS for ever!

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          #5
          Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post
          I was looking for an excuse to upgrade my aging 3 year old supercomputer.

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            #6
            Originally posted by woohoo View Post
            I was looking for an excuse to upgrade my aging 3 year old supercomputer.
            a Z9 ???

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              #7
              Originally posted by _V_ View Post
              Another reason then to choose a AMD ThreadRipper over an i9 cpu.

              https://www.extremetech.com/computin...intels-core-i9

              AMD also affected to a lesser degree, by the 'spectre' bug.

              Not the kind of James Bond product placement they were expecting.
              Maybe tomorrow, I'll want to settle down. Until tomorrow, I'll just keep moving on.

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                #8
                Intel's CEO sold a load of his stock last month. I wonder why.

                https://www.fool.com/investing/2017/...-of-stock.aspx
                Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!

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                  #9
                  CERT have published their recommended solution.

                  https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/584653

                  Solution
                  Replace CPU hardware
                  The underlying vulnerability is primarily caused by CPU architecture design choices. Fully removing the vulnerability requires replacing vulnerable CPU hardware.
                  Translation : Software patches may fix it but only until someone breaks the software.
                  "Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.

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                    #10
                    I'm sure Apple will be offering me a nice new MacMini then, and claiming the cost from Intel...
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