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Microcode parser for AMD, Intel, and VIA processors
- wila 12y agoI should have also added a link to this pdf [1] "Security analysis of x86 Processor microcode" which uses the microcode parser. [1] https://www.dcddcc.com/pubs/paper_microcode.pdf https://www.dcddcc.com/pubs/paper_microcode.pdf
- acqq 12y agoAnd according to the paper, the microcode parsers referred don't actually parse the encrypted blocks, those that contain the actual microcode. Just the headers of the patches.
- userbinator 12y agoSome interesting analysis of Intel microcode: http://inertiawar.com/microcode/ http://inertiawar.com/microcode/
- xai3luGi 12y agoThe PDF mentioned below is much more interesting.
- madez 12y agoSpatial references in a tree are inadequate. You should use relational instead. Since relational references are hard to understand for humans, HackerNews should allow to reference other posts by linking.
- ghshephard 12y agoYou mean like this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9370861 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9370861
- madez 12y agoThis is what I asked for. What I wanted to ask for was not a link, but a clickable or hoverable element that highlights or tooltips the referenced post.
- wila 12y agoThanks, that's interesting indeed. edit: Would love to see more technical details on microcode as there doesn't appear to be too much available. Of course I might be looking at the wrong places.