CPUs take another Spectre-Meltdown speculative execution hit
Chip makers release patches but they'll customers will need to choose between security and performance.
Chip makers release patches but they'll customers will need to choose between security and performance.
AMD claims it's patches will have no impact on CPU performance, distinguishing the bugs from the Meltdown and Spectre issues.
AMD has issued its response to the Ryzenfall vulnerabilities discovered by CTS-Labs, and it sounds like they can be patched rather routinely.
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