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Intel 'Downfall': Severe flaw in billions of CPUs leaks passwords and much more (www.pcworld.com)
submitted 1 year ago by theunmentionable to c/technology
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[–] AvgJoe 74 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

It took them a year for a microcode fix and it still has a performance loss of 50% in some cases? Ew

[–] [email protected] 66 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

So they created a massive vulnerability by misimplementing speculative execution which promised a, what, 10% speed gain tops and now that it was discovered you have to patch it and lose 50%? Genius.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

And they get to keep the money from the purchase.

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