Processors fabbed by Intel over the last decade are all vulnerable to one of the Spectre vulnerabilities which were revealed, even after the patches and microcode updates which have been released to mitigate the flaw. It would seem that over 230 models, dating back to 2011, which are still vulnerable to Spectre V2 will remain so indefinitely as fixing the issue is both incredibly complex and not economically beneficial to Intel. The chipmaker have removed quite a few models from their patching process, The Inquirer links to the full list.
If you have one of these chips, Intel seems to suggest buying a new CPU and motherboard is your best option … though they don't have to be from Intel, now do they?
"INTEL MIGHT NOT BE ABLE to fix the second version of the Spectre flaw that affects more than 230 models of its processors, due to how difficult it is to remove the vulnerability."
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Well at least Intel is going
Well at least Intel is going back as far as my oldest laptop’s Arrandale(Mobile version of the Nehalem microarchitecture) CPU SKU. So my First generation Core i3 laptop will be getting a microcode fix. But to be realistic there is a fat chance that Toshiba will be taming the time to offer up any Firmware Updates on their that very old OEM laptop SKU.
Let’s wait as see how many Laptop OEMs are actually going to be updating their OEM laptop fireware going back all the way to Intel’s first generation core i3 laptop/mobile SKUs. Those older CPU SKUs are not getting any Branches Fixed for their microcode.
This is not OK. I have still
This is not OK. I have still one of these machines on my network and it works fine,but now my whole network is at risk. I will never trust Intel again, ever. This is not OK at all. Intel claimed to be the best at security, yet there are no problems like this with AMD. This is a sad day!
Is there a source showing AMD
Is there a source showing AMD is patching all of their CPUs going back more than a decade for Spectre? Because it’s disingenuous to recommend switching from Intel if AMD’s policy is the same.
There are pleny of reasons
There are pleny of reasons more to avoid Intel than just some bug fixes not happening. For all those years of Intel’s forcing its Dog Food integrated graphics onto the OEM laptop market is plenty of enough reason to avoid Intel, among many many other reasons!
Boycott away consumers, it’s the only real power that you have after the Courts upheld that Citizens United farce giving the big corporate interests unfettered access to the best politicians that money can buy.
Come to think of it was not Dell Computers the best friend that Intel’s money could buy when Intel was paying Dell to keep AMD on the outside!
Citizens my A$$ that one was concerned about.