▲ 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.
[–] Chickenstalker@lemmy.world 26 points 3 years ago (2 children) > Downfall Is the Intel CEO holed up in a bunker and raging at his chip designers? permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] 13esq@lemmy.world 11 points 3 years ago* If it's anything like the industry that I work in, the CEO would have been informed of the short comings of the design numerous times and given a response along the lines of "does it make our CPUs faster and more powerful though?". The CEO won't be pissed of at his chip designer, they'll be pissed because they've been caught out. permalink fedilink source parent [–] roboticide@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago Given that the AMD vulnerability was called "Inception," maybe they just like using movie titles to name CPU vulnerabilities? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 13esq@lemmy.world 11 points 3 years ago* If it's anything like the industry that I work in, the CEO would have been informed of the short comings of the design numerous times and given a response along the lines of "does it make our CPUs faster and more powerful though?". The CEO won't be pissed of at his chip designer, they'll be pissed because they've been caught out. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] roboticide@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago Given that the AMD vulnerability was called "Inception," maybe they just like using movie titles to name CPU vulnerabilities? permalink fedilink source parent