▲ 975 ▼ Intel 'Downfall': Severe flaw in billions of CPUs leaks passwords and much more (www.pcworld.com) submitted 3 years ago by theunmentionable@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 159 comments fedilink hide all child comments Oh no.
[–] madeinthebackseat@lemmy.world 60 points 3 years ago (1 child) Isn't that convenient? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 1984@lemmy.today 20 points 3 years ago (1 child) Upgrade to get 3% performance gains on paper and no noticeable real performance gain! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] glockenspiel@lemmy.world 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 1984@lemmy.today 20 points 3 years ago (1 child) Upgrade to get 3% performance gains on paper and no noticeable real performance gain! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] glockenspiel@lemmy.world 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] glockenspiel@lemmy.world 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. permalink fedilink source parent