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by outworlder 679 days ago
We need more details before claiming that the sky is falling. Many exploits that are theoretically possible have so many pre-requisites in practice that they don't matter. We need to see if that's the case here.

Intel CPUs have been self-destructing, so you need to throw away CPUs even if they aren't pwned. They have also had far more security vulnerabilities than AMD, some of them cannot be patched, and operating systems had to work around them. Heck, the Sinkclose name came from 'Sinkhole', which was an Intel vulnerability.

No manufacturer is perfect.

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Yes, fair enough. My hasty anger was emotionally driven because I just built a fairly powerful gaming computer with a Ryzen 3600, and because I am perpetually chafed by the hardware treadmill. I still think "no fix planned" for their CPUs that are widely used and <5 years old is ridiculous.