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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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Oh no.

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[–] 72 points 3 years ago* (2 children)

It took them a year for a microcode fix and it still has a performance loss of 50% in some cases? Ew

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  • [–] 66 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (2 children)

    So they created a massive vulnerability by misimplementing speculative execution which promised a, what, 10% speed gain tops and now that it was discovered you have to patch it and lose 50%? Genius.

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