Jon L Posted January 3, 2018 Report Share Posted January 3, 2018 (edited) Forcing Windows and Linux kernel redesign, which is expected to cause 5-30% Slowdown for all Intel chips made in last 10 years.. UNfreakingBelievable. If not fixed at OS software level, huge security risk looms. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/02/intel_cpu_design_flaw/ Edited January 3, 2018 by Jon L Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pars Posted January 3, 2018 Report Share Posted January 3, 2018 FUCKWIT ehh? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcpoor Posted January 3, 2018 Report Share Posted January 3, 2018 (edited) How huge will the class action lawsuit be... lol We'll all probably get $20 or a discount on a new Intel cpu. Edited January 3, 2018 by dcpoor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvdunhill Posted January 3, 2018 Report Share Posted January 3, 2018 Guess what I will be working on this week... 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guzziguy Posted January 3, 2018 Report Share Posted January 3, 2018 Or month? Or year? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon L Posted January 3, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2018 AMD stock way up. Damn, why didn't I think of buying some.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grahame Posted January 4, 2018 Report Share Posted January 4, 2018 Meanwhile El Reg deconstructs Intel's response ... (AKA) We translated Intel's crap attempt to spin its way out of CPU security bug PR nightmare https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/04/intels_spin_the_registers_annotations/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augsburger Posted January 4, 2018 Report Share Posted January 4, 2018 On 1/3/2018 at 10:18 AM, Jon L said: AMD stock way up. Damn, why didn't I think of buying some.. Well you still have the short opportunity when the knee jerk reactions settle down. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grahame Posted January 4, 2018 Report Share Posted January 4, 2018 More info from El Reg https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/04/intel_amd_arm_cpu_vulnerability/ See Also Some very interesting / nasty implications ... Servers / VM's / Containers may not have the isolation they thought (if someone deploys a malicious process to snaffle sensitive in memory data) or the really nasty one web page / javascript / exploit to bypass the browser sandbox and see what it can find ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunaticbastard Posted January 4, 2018 Report Share Posted January 4, 2018 red flag? https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/01/intel-ceos-sale-of-stock-just-before-security-bug-reveal-raises-questions/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pars Posted January 5, 2018 Report Share Posted January 5, 2018 No, just financial CYA... based on insider info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlSeibert Posted January 10, 2018 Report Share Posted January 10, 2018 Pretty sweet to see him go to jail for that...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augsburger Posted January 10, 2018 Report Share Posted January 10, 2018 He's rich and he is connected, he will never see the inside of the Big House. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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