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rezzeJ · 2302 days ago · link · · parent · post: Incoming security patch for major security flaw in Intel processors threatens to reduce performance by 30%
There is also a different, but still major bug in AMD processors, according to this Guardian article: Meltdown and Spectre: ‘worst CPU bugs ever’ affect virtually all computersThe Spectre flaw affects most modern processors made by a variety of manufacturers, including Intel, AMD and those designed by ARM, and potentially allows hackers to trick otherwise error-free applications into giving up secret information. Spectre is harder for hackers to take advantage of but is also harder to fix and would be a bigger problem in the long term, according to Gruss.