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Intel 'Downfall': Severe flaw in billions of CPUs leaks passwords and much more (www.pcworld.com)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 33 points 3 years ago (3 children)

Intel’s newer 12th-gen and 13th-gen Core processors are not affected.

Oh ok

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  • [–] 60 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Isn't that convenient?

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  • [–] 20 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Upgrade to get 3% performance gains on paper and no noticeable real performance gain!

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  • [–] 16 points 3 years ago

    Now it's more like "upgrade to maintain your level of performance, because our patched CPUs take a 50% performance hit" (per the article).

    That is quite convenient for them. I'm sure not a conspiracy given depth of the issue, just very convenient if people heed the call.

    Which most won't. Enterprise is likely already on the newer gens aa part of normal refresh cycles. Maybe this just accelerates that a bit.

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