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<p>Interestingly the last line of the article says "<span>A spokesperson for Intel was not available for comment."....</span></p>
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<p>On 2018-01-02 15:39, Matthew Crews wrote:</p>
<blockquote type="cite" style="padding: 0 0.4em; border-left: #1010ff 2px solid; margin: 0"><!-- html ignored --><!-- head ignored --><!-- meta ignored --><br />https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/02/intel_cpu_design_flaw/<br /><br />In a nutshell, it is a major security flaw in Intel hardware dating back a decade that is requiring a complete kernel rewrite for every major OS (Linux, Windows, Mac, etc) in order to patch out. It cannot be patched out with a CPU microcode update. Major enough that code comments are redacted in the patches until an embargo period is expired. Also the reported fix will have a huge performance impact.<br /><br />Also crucial to note is that AMD chips are not affected by this.<br /><br />How the heck does something like this go unnoticed for so long?<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sent from <a href="https://protonmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">ProtonMail</a>, Swiss-based encrypted email.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />
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