3 ms·

Well, the vulnerabilities are directly connected to performance-enhancing architectural features, so...

• deleted 9y ago
  [deleted]
• tomxor 9y ago
  Which is why i said technical details aside. I think it's interesting, you are not just paying for speed, you are paying for a compromise, because the speed is gained through complexity, which not only increases the chance of error (by design or implementation) but in the case of a high degree of speculative execution can translate into worse performance per watt. In short, it's the whole "more is less" thing.
  • Zaak 9y ago
    > you are paying for a compromise Very good point. Apparently including at least one compromise that most people (probably including the engineers who designed the CPUs) didn't know they were making.