Security nightmare

Intel ME, Meltdown, Spectre, TLBleed ...

why are we paying our hard earned money for this cancer?

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>Spectre, TLBleed
These effect most, if not virtually all, systems, not just Intel. And honestly, these are more the fault of the OS being stupid.

> not just Intel

true, but AMD is a lot less vulnerable, due to the way they implemented speculative execution

> And honestly, these are more the fault of the OS being stupid.

no, this is a fundamental problem in the CPU's microarchitecture. it will take intel 5 years to release a CPU without this flaw

>true, but AMD is a lot less vulnerable, due to the way they implemented speculative execution
Citation needed. From what's easily available, including amd's own security updates page, I don't see why you would think they're "a lot less vulnerable".

>no, this is a fundamental problem in the CPU's microarchitecture.
Are you sure you even understand what these attacks are? Meltdown is due to a problem in Intel's architecture. SPectre and TLBleed do not rely on that flaw.
TLBleed is due to running different processes' code on the same physical core. If the OS doesn't place different 'security levels' of code on the same physical core, and didn't time slice the execution of security-critical code, TLBleed literally wouldn't work. Spectre is similar.
Hardware functionality can be added that allows the OS to better prevent these side channel attacks without losing as much performance, but do not mistake the lack of this functionality as a flaw that allows for the vulnerability; These specific attacks are entirely preventable by the OS, the reason they aren't is because the OS forgoes the extra checks it could have done in favor of faster performance.

If you think any of these vulnerabilities aren't decades old, you're just reacting to the buzz. You can crack ongoing encryption simply by having a (cellphone) microphone record the ambient sounds your computer/laptop makes.

To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Intel CPU architecture. The design is extremely subtle, and without a solid ignorance of theoretical security concerns most of the jokes will go over a typical viewer's head. There's also Intel CEO's nihilistic outlook, which is deftly woven into his characterisation- his personal philosophy draws heavily from Microsoft pajeet codemonkeys, for instance. The fans understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of these jokes, to realise that they're not just funny- they're speculatively funny. As a consequence people who dislike Intel truly ARE idiots- of course they wouldn't appreciate, for instance, the humour in having a 50% loss in performance due to massive security flaws, which itself is a cryptic reference to microsoft's major performance downgrade from Windows 8 to windows 10. I'm smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as Intel's genius wit unfolds itself on their computer screens. What fools.. how I pity them.

And yes, by the way, i DO have a Skylake tattoo. And no, you cannot see it. It's for the ladies' eyes only- and even then they have to demonstrate that they're within 5 IQ points of my own (preferably lower) beforehand. Nothin personnel kid

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> you have to have a very high IQ to understand Intel CPU architecture

which you clearly don't

Your new is showing, go back to hackernews

because intel cpu just works and better than AMD