Intel's ban of microcode benchmarking

Skybird · 08-24-18, 08:46 AM

Got a bit out of touch with all that, so do not know when they introduced that ban, which now they seem to take back, under pressure from an angry public.

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/in...ion,37684.html

Mind you: not a single real world attack with Spectre and Meltdown has taken place so far. Prooves-of-concept have been described, but no real world attacks and abuses so far have been reported. Not one. Not a single, tiny, minor one. None.

For that, accepting losses to your system's performance due to microcode patches, performance that you - and I! - paid hard cash for, sounds like a very lousy deal to me.

08-24-18, 08:46 AM	#1
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,602 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Intel's ban of microcode benchmarking Got a bit out of touch with all that, so do not know when they introduced that ban, which now they seem to take back, under pressure from an angry public. https://www.tomshardware.com/news/in...ion,37684.html Mind you: not a single real world attack with Spectre and Meltdown has taken place so far. Prooves-of-concept have been described, but no real world attacks and abuses so far have been reported. Not one. Not a single, tiny, minor one. None. For that, accepting losses to your system's performance due to microcode patches, performance that you - and I! - paid hard cash for, sounds like a very lousy deal to me. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.