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It would also open up new attack vectors.
by glitchc 6y ago
It would also open up new attack vectors.
- thehappypm 6y agoThat's the real nightmare. Now all of a sudden, you can program the CPU itself if you can access the update mechanism. CPUs being non-programmable is a feature as well as a bug.
- deelowe 6y agoCPUs are already "programmable" via microcode updates.
- cwzwarich 6y agoPretty much every new non-x86 CPU doesn't have updatable microcode, so that's a very x86-centric problem.
- gtsteve 6y agoMicrocode is loaded when the OS starts though right? At the very least it's not persistent.
- deelowe 6y agoBIOS or OS
- pjmlp 6y agoAnd have been since ages, that was one of the themes regarding RISC Vs CISC design.