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> "(Astute readers will notice they are all AMD (Socket AM4) motherboards. The whole Meltdown/Spectre debacle rendered my previous Intel system insecure and un
by xtrapolate 8y ago
> "(Astute readers will notice they are all AMD (Socket AM4) motherboards. The whole Meltdown/Spectre debacle rendered my previous Intel system insecure and unsecurable so that was the final straw for me — no more Intel CPUs.)"
This is just random FUD.
(1) AMD boards are vulnerable to Spectre - https://www.amd.com/en/corporate/speculative-execution-previous-updates https://www.amd.com/en/corporate/speculative-execution-previ....
(2) There are other vulnerabilities that affect AMD boards - https://community.amd.com/community/amd-corporate/blog/2018/03/21/initial-amd-technical-assessment-of-cts-labs-research https://community.amd.com/community/amd-corporate/blog/2018/...
(3) Vulnerabilities are found everywhere. That's not the first time vulnerabilities are found, and it won't be the last. How is that an argument for anything exactly?
- diffeomorphism 8y agoBut not to meltdown and AMD did not try to spin it as "everbody is just as vulnerable as us, move along" like Intel did. Irrespective of how serious you consider these vulnerabilities, the way Intel handled them can very well be a "final straw".