AMD says it is making firmware updates available for Ryzen and EPYC processors this week to fix Spectre flaws, updating older processors “over the coming weeks”
Zero risk, but not zero impact — AMD's initial response to the Meltdown and Spectre CPU flaws made it clear “there is a near zero risk to AMD processors.”
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Discussion
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Phoronix
Michael Larabel
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AMD CPUs Are Vulnerable To Spectre / Variant 2
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@quidsup
@quidsup
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I much prefer @AMD statement about #Meltdown & #Spectre compared to Intel. A clear concise response admitting where there is an issue and how it has been resolved by the OS's http://www.amd.com/...
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@tomwarren
Tom Warren
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AMD said “zero risk” to its processors over Meltdown / Spectre. Turns out that's not zero impact, as it's now issuing firmware updates http://www.theverge.com/... http://twitter.com/...