Intel Performance Hit 5x Harder Than AMD After Spectre, Meltdown Patches
… The question of which security fixes need to be enabled for which servers to guarantee practically good security is also going to be a topic of discussion. …
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Spectre, Meltdown: Critical CPU Security Flaws Explained
… "And that really means that all these mitigation patches should be written with 'not all CPU's are crap' in mind. …
New CPUs from AMD, Intel now locked out of Windows Update on Windows 7, 8.1
… Windows 7 is still supposed to be receiving security patches through 2020, while Windows 8.1 is still in mainstream support through January 9, 2018: What Microsoft is doing here is cutting off Windows 7 security support almost three years early if you own a new CPU and killing Windows 8.1 security … …
Intel Does Not Launch Different SSD Configurations Under the Same SKU
… The closest example might be the fact that the various Spectre and Meltdown patches had a negative impact on x86 performance, but it's not a good comparison. Intel and AMD were up-front about the problem and the objective reasons why patches were needed. …
AMD's RX 5700 and RX 5700 XT Reviewed: RDNA Puts Radeon Back in the Game
… Our Windows 10 testbed used the May 2019 Windows Update and had all additional security patches installed. Spectre, Meltdown, and similar security patches were all left in their default states. …