Re: Intel Fucks Up Jump Conditional Code Cache, New ucode

2019-11-14 Thread grarpamp
On 11/13/19, grarpamp wrote: > https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/12/technology/intel-chip-fix.html > > Intel caught lying about it. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21535630 The Internet is also speculating that, given the top secret "[ir]responsible disclosure" process, and the slowdowns

Re: Intel Fucks Up Jump Conditional Code Cache, New ucode

2019-11-13 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On Wed, Nov 13, 2019 at 06:20:49PM -0500, grarpamp wrote: > On 11/13/19, Georgi Guninski wrote: > >> Users flock to AMD. > > > > Is AMD really better? > > I suspect it is the same garbage as Intel. > > AMD's price:performance is compelling right now, > and enjoying underdog rising. > > It's

Re: Intel Fucks Up Jump Conditional Code Cache, New ucode

2019-11-13 Thread Georgi Guninski
On Wed, Nov 13, 2019 at 12:10:10AM -0500, grarpamp wrote: > https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article=intel-jcc-gaming=1 > https://github.com/intel/Intel-Linux-Processor-Microcode-Data-Files > > Users flock to AMD. Is AMD really better? I suspect it is the same garbage as Intel.

Re: Intel Fucks Up Jump Conditional Code Cache, New ucode

2019-11-12 Thread grarpamp
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/12/technology/intel-chip-fix.html Intel caught lying about it. Last May, when Intel released a patch for a group of security vulnerabilities researchers had found in the company's computer processors, Intel implied that all the problems were solved. But that

Re: Intel Fucks Up Jump Conditional Code Cache, New ucode

2019-11-12 Thread grarpamp
Bunch of other exploits rolled up... Too bad users had to wait, for again the Nth time in a couple years, for 'responsible disclosure' over their top secret closed source hardware. #OpenFabs , #OpenHW , #OpenAudit https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-305.html

Intel Fucks Up Jump Conditional Code Cache, New ucode

2019-11-12 Thread grarpamp
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article=intel-jcc-gaming=1 https://github.com/intel/Intel-Linux-Processor-Microcode-Data-Files Intel is today making public the Jump Conditional Code (JCC) erratum. This is a bug involving the CPU's Decoded ICache where on Skylake and derived CPUs where