This Intel Chip Flaw Is Seriously Concerning
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Posted August 22, 2018
Tech analysts might woefully look back on 2018 as the year of computer chip flaws. That’s because two vulnerabilities known as Spectre and Meltdown allowed potential infiltrators to read sensitive Intel chip data such as passwords.
The weaknesses related to a process called speculative execution, which is the way computers try to guess users’ next actions.
Those issues affected most modern computers. The chipmaker responded by providing software patches. However, analysts say they don’t always work with other kinds of software and could cause system performance declines of up to ten percent.
https://www.technology.org/2018/08/22/this-intel-chip-flaw-is-seriously-concerning/
