January 3, 20188 yr 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, 20188 yr by Jon L
January 3, 20188 yr 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, 20188 yr by dcpoor
January 4, 20188 yr 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/
January 4, 20188 yr 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.
January 4, 20188 yr 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 ...
January 4, 20188 yr red flag? https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/01/intel-ceos-sale-of-stock-just-before-security-bug-reveal-raises-questions/
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