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ok, but what's the ratio of the number of Intel cpus running on something worth hacking compared to the number of amd CPUs?

• google234123 6y ago
  My point is that there is more academic research on Intel processors than AMD. For a hacker, an Intel vulrability would of course be more lucrative than a AMD one.
  • drcongo 6y ago
    "Intel" has another meaning, especially when placed next to the word "security". The number of results from your two google searches is meaningless.
    • YetAnotherNick 6y ago
      That number is literally the most meaningful number there. Meltdown caused more scare than all of these 400 bugs described here, just because intel is not expected to have any sort of vulnerability and the people who really care about security chooses intel(not talking about self described privacy pundits on HN, but military and banks). There had been much more research on intel security than all other chips combined.
    • google234123 6y ago
      That's a good point, about half the results go away when you add "processor" to the query. Interestingly, the same happens for the AMD query so the ratio is still similar.
• swagmoney69 6y ago
  This is subjective, but the ratio is probably heavily skewed toward Intel. Mercury Research reports AMD's market share of the server processor market is a mere 4.5%. If I were a hardware vulnerability researcher I would absolutely be focusing on Intel over AMD.