spectre

Intel ships Spectre fix for newer chips

Intel ships Spectre fix for newer chips

But nothing for Broadwell and Haswell yet.
Allie Coyne Feb 22 2018 8:36AM Hardware
Intel hit with 32 lawsuits over Spectre, Meltdown

Intel hit with 32 lawsuits over Spectre, Meltdown

Mostly customer class actions.
Muvija M Feb 19 2018 6:12AM Security
Intel offers bounties for Meltdown, Spectre bug hunters

Intel offers bounties for Meltdown, Spectre bug hunters

Up to US$250,000 for side-channel flaws.
Juha Saarinen Feb 15 2018 7:45AM Hardware
Microsoft tries again with Spectre fix for Windows

Microsoft tries again with Spectre fix for Windows

Also patches Adobe Flash zero-day.
Juha Saarinen Feb 14 2018 8:45AM Security
Intel releases Spectre fix for Skylake CPUs only

Intel releases Spectre fix for Skylake CPUs only

Promises versions for other processors.
Juha Saarinen Feb 9 2018 6:40AM Hardware
Microsoft issues patch to disable Spectre fix

Microsoft issues patch to disable Spectre fix

Buggy microcode causes data loss and corruption.
Juha Saarinen Jan 29 2018 8:50AM Hardware
Apple releases Meltdown patches for macOS Sierra, OS X El Capitan

Apple releases Meltdown patches for macOS Sierra, OS X El Capitan

As other vendors back off Spectre fixes.
Juha Saarinen Jan 24 2018 8:00AM Security
Intel promises fixed Spectre patch to stop PCs rebooting

Intel promises fixed Spectre patch to stop PCs rebooting

As Torvalds declares patches "complete garbage".
Juha Saarinen Jan 23 2018 6:35AM Hardware
Red Hat dumps Spectre CPU patches that brick servers

Red Hat dumps Spectre CPU patches that brick servers

Users advised to contact their hardware vendors.
Juha Saarinen Jan 22 2018 9:00AM Hardware
Data centre storage performance hurt by Meltdown-Spectre patches

Data centre storage performance hurt by Meltdown-Spectre patches

More work to do, Intel says.
Juha Saarinen Jan 18 2018 1:35PM Security
Google promises Spectre fix that won't slow PCs

Google promises Spectre fix that won't slow PCs

Wants industry to adopt Retpoline.
Allie Coyne Jan 15 2018 11:48AM Security
Intel releases Meltdown microcodes for thousands of processors

Intel releases Meltdown microcodes for thousands of processors

Linux users can apply errata patches from the operating system.
Juha Saarinen Jan 12 2018 6:24AM Hardware
Meltdown and Spectre patch stops Ubuntu computers from booting

Meltdown and Spectre patch stops Ubuntu computers from booting

Users report issues.
Juha Saarinen Jan 11 2018 6:47AM Security
Meltdown and Spectre fix will slow down machines

Meltdown and Spectre fix will slow down machines

Benchmark tests from Intel, Red Hat and Microsoft.
Juha Saarinen Jan 10 2018 7:01AM Hardware
Microsoft's Spectre fix bricks PCs with older AMD CPUs

Microsoft's Spectre fix bricks PCs with older AMD CPUs

Athlons and Semprons affected.
Juha Saarinen Jan 9 2018 6:35AM Hardware
Govt-certified clouds face questions on chip flaws

Govt-certified clouds face questions on chip flaws

Meltdown and Spectre cause local concern.
Ry Crozier Jan 8 2018 6:47AM Security
Intel faces fallout after chip security flaw disclosed

Intel faces fallout after chip security flaw disclosed

On the hook for compensation.
Jim Finkle , Stephen Nellis Jan 5 2018 9:36AM Cloud

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