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Regarding branch predictor spoiling, if AMD doesn't update the branch predictor based off evaluation of branches the occurred along a speculative path, then the
by em3rgent0rdr 9y ago
Regarding branch predictor spoiling, if AMD doesn't update the branch predictor based off evaluation of branches the occurred along a speculative path, then the Spectre exploit (from my understanding that it trains the branch predictor using speculative code) won't be able to work.