jewillco

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   by jewillco 2y ago

   Could this require people to participate in supply chain attacks too? Or plant backdoors in other ways?
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   by jewillco 3y ago

   The descriptor cache is 96 bits per segment register ( http://www.rcollins.org/ddj/Aug98/Aug98.html ) so the 12 registers might be the bases and limits with the extra metadata stored somewhere else. It might also be
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   by jewillco 3y ago

   Could the “C” in 80C386I stand for CMOS? Wasn’t that pattern used for the 80C88, for example?
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   by jewillco 3y ago

   The intention is that the logging isn’t voluntary, though. I believe the kernel is supposed to generate the logged events.
5. 5.▲
   by jewillco 3y ago

   An application reducing event logging to outside security software that is supposed to be monitoring it is bad.
6. 6.▲
   by jewillco 3y ago

   For counting chips, remember that each 74xx chip typically has multiple gates. For example, one of them has four AND gates, and another has six inverters.
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   by jewillco 3y ago

   The page you want is probably https://web.archive.org/web/19970103061214/http://www1.intel... .
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   by jewillco 3y ago

   https://mathoverflow.net/a/23258 claims it is from Latin “festinatio.”