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Anyone can make a fast CPU, but is it also a safe and secure CPU? Or does it have architectural defects as a consequence of the race to be fast? See eg LoongLe
by angry_octet 2mo ago
Anyone can make a fast CPU, but is it also a safe and secure CPU? Or does it have architectural defects as a consequence of the race to be fast?
See eg LoongLeak and the Loongson processor:
https://www.usenix.org/conference/usenixsecurity26/presentation/hetterich-lorenz-2 https://www.usenix.org/conference/usenixsecurity26/presentat...
- Alpha3031 2mo agoXiaomi are implementing ARM cores on an ARM ISA so any architectural defects would also affect other ARM processors.
- angry_octet 2mo agoThere are side channels available, they have licenced IP blocks, not a whole CPU. All that logic for the cache and interconnect.