Spectre-a-like 'Spoiler' flaw affects all Intel Core CPUs... "My personal opinion is that when it comes to the memory subsystem, it's very hard to make any changes and it's not something you can patch easily with microcode without losing tremendous performance. So I don't think we will see a patch for this type of attack in the next five years and that could
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ceres on 2019-03-06 21:21 UTC
Intel faces age discrimination allegations following layoffs... Intel's push for greater diversity hasn't helped it avoid trouble. The Wall Street Journal has learned that the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is investigating claims that Intel's large-scale layoffs discriminated against older employees. In a May 2016 round that cut 2,300 workers, for
Intel releases new Spectre patch for its Skylake CPUs... More than a month after researchers revealed a pair of serious security issues affecting many modern CPUs, Intel is still working on updates that close the hole. VP Navin Shenoy has written another blog post about the situation, and said that the com...
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ceres on 2018-02-08 14:06 UTC