[Beowulf] [upgrade strategy] Intel CPU design bug & security flaw - kernel fix imposes performance penalty

[Gerald Henriksen]

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.

For anyone interested this is AMD's response:

https://www.amd.com/en/corporate/speculative-execution


The Google Project Zero number/titles being used correspond to:

1 & 2 - Spectre

3 - Meltdown

Also an explanation in less technical terms from Red Hat:

https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/what-are-meltdown-and-spectre-here%E2%80%99s-what-you-need-know?sc_cid=7016000000127NJAAY