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Thread: [INTEL] Upcoming Permanant Processor Slowdown?! |
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mmonnin
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Well, it's NOT ONLY Intel, but also all computers, including ALL phones CPUs. Just checked Apple for news here: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208394 & upgraded my iPhones.  Biggest impact is to data centers and thats made up of mostly Intel CPUs. Not so much ARM. It is only a data issue. It's not a takeover, install malicious program type of issue.  [Edit 1 times, last edit by mmonnin at Jan 7, 2018 5:31:58 AM] |
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l_mckeon
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There are reports that the Meltdown Windows update "bricks" some AMD CPUs. I assume that means a full OS reinstall is needed rather than it destroys the chip, but you may want to wait awhile before installing the MS patch if you have an AMD CPU.
https://betanews.com/2018/01/08/microsoft-mel...tre-patch-bricks-amd-pcs/ |
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QuantumEthos
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boinc to run on amiga 600 ôo ra ra :D
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QuantumEthos
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Amd's concern for security lead them to make cache work differently right from the start; Where as Intel chose to pre-fetch kernel & secure data on the presumption that this could rarely be used.(this was published in the past we read about it.) RS
https://semiaccurate.com/2017/06/22/amds-epyc-major-advance-security/ https://www.anandtech.com/show/11591/amd-laun...r-warranty-better-quality as we can see amd has a security focus & did also in 2005 when pre-fetch method came up for debate. |
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QuantumEthos
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"Details of a problem have been gradually emerging, People with AMD Athlon-powered computers say that following the installation of the patch, it is impossible to boot into Windows leaving a full re-installation as the only option -- although some users report that even this does not fix the problem. "
(possibly related to the antivirus program incompatibility)(some AV's possibly! we need a list preferably now.) https://betanews.com/2018/01/08/microsoft-mel...tre-patch-bricks-amd-pcs/ |
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KLiK
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"Details of a problem have been gradually emerging, People with AMD Athlon-powered computers say that following the installation of the patch, it is impossible to boot into Windows leaving a full re-installation as the only option -- although some users report that even this does not fix the problem. " (possibly related to the antivirus program incompatibility)(some AV's possibly! we need a list preferably now.) https://betanews.com/2018/01/08/microsoft-mel...tre-patch-bricks-amd-pcs/ I'm so, so, so, so much glad that I'm not running AMD right now!  |
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QuantumEthos
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only the Athlon... http://bit.ly/tRNG-Dev - concerning security on other fronts?
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QuantumEthos
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"Details of a problem have been gradually emerging, People with AMD Athlon-powered computers say that following the installation of the patch, it is impossible to boot into Windows leaving a full re-installation as the only option -- although some users report that even this does not fix the problem. "
(possibly related to the antivirus program incompatibility)(some AV's possibly! we need a list preferably now.) https://betanews.com/2018/01/08/microsoft-mel...tre-patch-bricks-amd-pcs/ Athlon PC patch is being re engineered so that it works on windows 10 - not related to newer AMD chips: https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/9/16867068/mi...ty-updates-amd-pcs-issues |
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OldChap
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Ubuntu update causing issues with 16.04. folks rolling back in order to boot.
----------------------------------------https://news.slashdot.org/story/18/01/10/1634...ing-ubuntu-1604-computers My crunching rigs will be left as is. No updates for me  |
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Jim1348
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My crunching rigs will be left as is. No updates for me Thanks. Same for me. |
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