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"since the peanut gallery is paying lots of attention it's probably worth explaining it a little more for their benefit." what a ridiculous sentiment to defend
by nimbius 9y ago
"since the peanut gallery is paying lots of attention it's probably worth explaining it a little more for their benefit."
what a ridiculous sentiment to defend a patch from Intel thats effectively disabled by default for one of the most egregious bugs in microcode since F00F.
"The new microcode from Intel and AMD adds three new features."
No ones talking about AMD, David, not Linus and certainly not hackernews or other outlets. Spectre patching will happen regardless of this fiasco but This NOT SPECTRE.
this is a taylor made shit sandwich thats been warned about by researchers and lurking on Intels plate for more than a decade. intel chose speed over security, and intel lost. Now they're trying to find a way --any way-- to avoid having to eat an 8 generation recall or worse.
its been said on HN before, but this is now more of an 'if not when' of intels loss of dominance in cloud. customers no longer care about the fastest chip in the west if its going to get neutered to half speed due to wreckless design that allows for a complete security disaster. Theyll buy twice as many AMD, at half the price of intel, and make up the difference in sheer volume.
- phonon 9y agoDavid Woodhouse works for AWS, not Intel. So maybe take it down a notch?
- paulie_a 9y agoWhile the op may have mistaken the author, the point is valid on numerous levels, including attempting to slander AMD because Intel has bad designs
- phonon 9y agoUmm, no. This is about Spectre variant 2, which AMD is 100% exposed to. "GPZ Variant 2 (Branch Target Injection or Spectre) is applicable to AMD processors." https://www.amd.com/en/corporate/speculative-execution https://www.amd.com/en/corporate/speculative-execution
- oneweekwonder 9y agoMaybe I'm sensitive but "peanut gallery" felt derogatory. A quick google gave me "the top gallery in a theatre where the cheaper seats are located." which I feel is quite fitting... As we sit here and watch how this dystopia future plays of around us and how corporations want to dodge responsibility.
- DoreenMichele 9y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peanut_gallery https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peanut_gallery It is derogatory. It generally means people who are inconsequential and ill informed, but they are going to loudly give you their opinion anyway as if you should care when you probably don't ("you" being someone whose opinion actually matters). I can't figure out how to link to it, but this definition was my top search result: a group of people who criticize someone, often by focusing on insignificant details
- matthewmacleod 9y agoTone it down there. This is about Spectre, which is a non-Intel chip problem too.