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What an absolute disaster spectre has been, and what a shame it is that intel won't be punished for it
by beebmam 9y ago
What an absolute disaster spectre has been, and what a shame it is that intel won't be punished for it
- ygra 9y agoAnd all other chipmakers? Unlike Meltdown Spectre applies to pretty much all modern processors.
- ChrisSD 9y agoExcept most low end chips (mostly ARM) are immune.
- ornitorrincos 9y agoarm chips are vulnerabe to spectre, and some even to meltdown: https://developer.arm.com/support/security-update https://developer.arm.com/support/security-update ans mips to spectre: https://www.mips.com/blog/mips-response-on-speculative-execution-and-side-channel-vulnerabilities/ https://www.mips.com/blog/mips-response-on-speculative-execu...
- pdpi 9y agoInsofar as they are immune, is it because of some sort of foresight and/or better engineering practices, or because the immune chips are simply cheaper, less sophisticated designs? Hint: The fact that ARM ranges from "completely immune" to "affected by the less-common Meltdown" gives away the answer.
- xtrapolate 9y agoPeople make mistakes, "punishment" isn't the way forward here. There are alternatives out there to Intel, but kindly remember that other chip makers also released hardware that is susceptible. Also, you can trust this won't be the last time issues such as this come up.
- pdpi 9y agoThe only thing Intel deserves to be punished for here is their "nothing to see, move along" posture. At the technical level, these are subtle bugs that affect most of the industry (with the Meltdown bug affecting a more restricted set of chips). It's a mess we'll be paying for for years to come, but not one that Intel is especially culpable for.