Intel processors will get hardware fix for Spectre and Meltdown this year
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fantaskarsef
They should rather fix their CPUs and send everbody a new one that is not bugged. Or at least fix the microcode issues they have with current hardware.
Honestly, I'm actually getting sick of how Intel treats it's customers here. On one side they can't fix the issues that exist, on the other they brag about their earnings...
ScottishPickle
Intel should not get away with the insider trading that was going on.
shamus21
Same old problems, If punter's keep buying a manufactures products they will keep producing crap. I think AMD will be the best option going forward for multi core Cpu`s with the refresh coming up.
Kaarme
fantaskarsef
cuneytcam
The news reaches us today through Intel director Brian Krzanich, who "maid" the claim
Guess it is supposed to be "made".
Kaarme
Yeah, it was all jokes. In reality I'd never realistically expect to have any such options at all. Maybe in the USA the class action suit participants might get 10 dollars out of it (except the lawyers getting 100k), but not over here. If I lose performance, my only option is to up the clocks, although that wouldn't help with the SSD performance.
Turanis
All the matter is: what Investors do,what Investors think,how much money Investors will put on Intel.The rest of the market is zero for Intel co.
From what I know the Ice Lake cpu(an refresh of already known Sky-Kaby-Coffee-bloody lake arch) is already lithography and ready to launch.But when they release a new cpu with "changes" so soon?
The performance will "be loosed" when ssd-hdd are on heavy duty processes.
Meanwhile on US Congress:
"The United States House Energy and Commerce Committee has sent a letter to a number of tech companies, including Intel, Microsoft ,Google and Apple,
to ask for more information on why they decided to keep secret the details of the Meltdown and Spectre security flaws."
https://energycommerce.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Meltdown-Spectre-Letters.pdf
schmidtbag
TheDeeGee
I bet they will add an extra pin, so people have to buy new motherboards as well.
I will keep a close eye on Ryzen 2 reviews.
My last AMD CPU was an Athlon 64 FX-60 i believe. After that i owned a E6850, i7 950 and my current 4770K.
Would be nice to go back to an AMD CPU.
Robbo9999
This is good news, I'm pleased to hear that they're gonna be releasing CPUs this year with the fix built into the hardware - I said in an Intel forum here on Guru3d recently that they really should concentrate all efforts on accelerating a hardware fix in new CPUs, as I believed it to be poor to release new CPUs with the vulnerability already baked into the hardware, the monkeys have only gone and listened to me! ;-) Ha, no, but good to hear this news.
TieSKey
D3M1G0D
This is good news for Intel. It will spur a wave of upgrades from affected users (basically, everyone who owns a modern Intel CPU) who want to restore full performance. Should be another record year for Intel and their shareholders 😉
tsunami231
schmidtbag
tsunami231
Oh i am sure if they hit to performance is big enough in there eyes they will buy new cpu, I would and will, but for me to be willing to do that hit to my performance has clearly visible in what i do normal daily, AMD and the Other CPU makers are just as susceptible to this, it just people are focusing on Intel
AMD Ryzen like very nice is first AMD chip in over decade I even thought about make system off of, I didnt bother going threw with cause i had aready made my new system
Tone
Surely these should be classed as defective CPU's and if you have bought a cpu in the last 3 years would be entitled to a replacement that works with the new hardware changes once they come out
tsunami231
Tone
Bet they come out with a revision 2 for chips like X299, cant see them still producing these without the new hardware changes, especially as they have messed up the 1st microcode revision, and we have no date as to when this could be fixed
fantaskarsef