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I'm not sure what behavior with regards to this bug that you're referring to. From what I heard, Intel is freaking out and trying to fix things. Did I miss some
by theandrewbailey 9y ago
I'm not sure what behavior with regards to this bug that you're referring to. From what I heard, Intel is freaking out and trying to fix things. Did I miss something?
- lsiq 9y agoUnrelated to the exploit, am pretty sure he's referring to the questionable anti-competitive practices Intel has engaged in the past decade. Notably, the exclusivity-kickback agreements they arranged with several PC manufacturers. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/06/business/intel-eu-antitrust-fine.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/06/business/intel-eu-antitru... As well as making their compiler choose the slowest execution path possible once it identifies it's running on an AMD/non-Intel CPU. http://www.agner.org/optimize/blog/read.php?i=49#49 http://www.agner.org/optimize/blog/read.php?i=49#49
- sandworm101 9y agoThat, the drm stuff, the spying, and the lack of innovation. Amd's more-cores approach really appealed to me.