On 10/01/2018, Gerald Henriksen <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, 10 Jan 2018 13:53:57 +0800, you wrote: > >>"As pointed out elsewhere, this involves 20+ years of processors." >> >>Seeking clarification - I understood, from all of the reports, from >>multiple sources, that I have seen, that it applies to "all processors >>manufactured in the last ten years". > > The following quote: > > "At the time of writing, Google believes that "every Intel processor > which implements out-of-order execution is potentially affected, which > is effectively every processor since 1995 (except Intel Itanium and > Intel Atom before 2013)" is affected by Meltdown." > > which is from: > > https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-almost-all-cpus-since-1995-vulnerable-to-meltdown-and-spectre-flaws/ > >
Now that you have cited it, that is the only formal reference of which I am aware, that indicates that processors older than ten years, are susceptible. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .............. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means." - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1 of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy In Four Parts", written by Douglas Adams, published by Pan Books, 1992 ....................................................
