After hours of silence, Intel has finally responded to reports of a critical flaw in its CPUs that had tech giants scrambling to release patches to update their systems.
Despite AMD releasing a statement claiming that its processors are “not susceptible” to the reported flaws due to “differences in AMD’s architecture”, Intel says the issue is not “unique” to the company’s CPUs and that it is working with AMD and ARM to find a solution.
Even though proof-of-concept code has been released by the researchers who discovered the vulnerabilities, dubbed “Meltdown” and “Spectre”, that shows sensitive data stored on a system is susceptible to being stolen, Intel has refuted the claim. The chip manufacturing giant claims it’s actually “software analysis methods” that could potentially see personal information pinched from a device.
Getting patched up
Reports suggesting that any patches to overcome the issue could slow down a PC’s performance by up to 30% are also being shot down by Intel. A statement released by the company claims, “Contrary to some reports, any performance impacts are workload-dependent, and, for the average computer user, should not be significant and will be mitigated over time.”
Intel is asking users to “check with your …read more
Source:: techradar.com – Computing Components
Previous post
Next post