On Fri, 5 Jan 2018 17:32:19 -0500, you wrote: >According to several articles I read today: > >Meltdown (1 exploit)is Intel-specific >Spectre (2 different exploits) affects just about every processor on >the planet.
This is correct, and the other key difference is that so far there is only a solution to Meltdown. The below linked page has this to say about Spectre: "As it is not easy to fix, it will haunt us for quite some time" Fedora has linked to this page for more info on the two: https://spectreattack.com/ _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
