01-04-2018, 10:22 AM
(This post was last modified: 01-04-2018, 10:26 AM by RawrImAMonster.)
There's more information out on the CPU security flaws today.
Meltdown is the flaw that affects Intel CPU's back into the mid 90's. This one is the one that is going to be patched shortly and will affect performance of Intel CPU's. Apparently this will mostly only affect servers with high amounts of input/output (database servers, VM hosts, etc). Personal computers and gaming shouldn't be affected much.
Spectre is the other flaw that affects all modern CPU's. This one is harder to exploit, but is also much harder to mitigate. AMD again comes out on top here with it only being vulnerable to a less severe version of it.
Meltdown is the flaw that affects Intel CPU's back into the mid 90's. This one is the one that is going to be patched shortly and will affect performance of Intel CPU's. Apparently this will mostly only affect servers with high amounts of input/output (database servers, VM hosts, etc). Personal computers and gaming shouldn't be affected much.
Spectre is the other flaw that affects all modern CPU's. This one is harder to exploit, but is also much harder to mitigate. AMD again comes out on top here with it only being vulnerable to a less severe version of it.
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