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While Intel continues to play down the slowing effect the patches for Meltdown and Spectre can have on machines using their CPUs, Microsoft has finally shared some – though still not definite – indicators of the possible outcomes. After pointing out that, along with a Windows update, a silicon microcode update will also be needed in order to mitigate Variant 2 of the Spectre attack (branch target injection), Terry Myerson, Executive Vice President of the … More →
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