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So it is not the same ? "disclosed to Intel" and "when Intel first knew about this" ?
So it is not the same ? "disclosed to Intel" and "when Intel first knew about this" ?
Why are AMD mentioned very rarely in articles? I only read Intel this and Intel that, but according to the Meltown.com AMD is also affected by Spectre: Or is this kernel memory a completely different horse
And Meltdown is not completely ruled out for AMD:Meltdown.com said:
Is Intel in the spotlight because they will be hit the hardest in terms of performance with these patches? I did a few benchmark on my PC (Haswell) using Crystaldisk to see how the I/O is affected, and the only degradation I saw was in the 4KBQ1 test for writing. Not sure how this will affect much. I will try and launch a few games later aswell that's cache and CPU heavy and see how they fair.Meltdown.com said:
Absent specific performance hits relative to the Intel processor installed, I've disabled the Windows 10 update service on my oldest laptop (core 2 T 7500 @ 2.2Ghz). I'm now thinking about doing the same for our other machines.
I thought I read that these OS patches were temporary pending Intel coming up with a more clever fix that doesn't take a (presumed) hammer to performance.
Mark
Seems to be three different exploits, AMD's take on it An Update on AMD Processor Security | AMD.
Windows Meltdown-Spectre patches: If you haven't got them, blame your antivirus
Windows Meltdown-Spectre patches: If you haven't got them, blame your antivirus | ZDNetMicrosoft has warned users that its patches for the dangerous Meltdown CPU bug won't reach them if their third-party antivirus hasn't been updated to support this week's Windows security update.
By now Windows users should have received the patches Microsoft released yesterday to plug the widespread Meltdown bug and its companion Spectre, which expose most computers and phones to speculative execution side-channel attacks that affect chips from Intel, AMD, and Arm.
Microsoft released software updates for Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge, Windows, and SQL Server, but customers will also need to apply firmware updates from their respective hardware vendors too.