minus-squareJane@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.world•Encryption-breaking, password-leaking bug in many AMD CPUs could take months to fixlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·1 year agoHow come branch prediction seems so vulnerable to exploits? Both spectre and meltdown were also caused by branch prediction not working quite right. linkfedilink
minus-squareJane@lemmy.worldtoShowerthoughts@lemmy.world•Lemmy resembles the old reddit experience so well that they even emulate the old reddit server performancelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoWhat’s going on with beehaw? I’m a bit out of the loop. linkfedilink
How come branch prediction seems so vulnerable to exploits? Both spectre and meltdown were also caused by branch prediction not working quite right.