Intel 'Downfall': Severe flaw in billions of CPUs leaks passwords and much moreTheUnmentionable@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.world – 961 points – 1 years agopcworld.comOh no.164Post a CommentPreviewYou are viewing a single commentView all commentsDownfall, Inception, Meltdown, Spectre, I hate to see new vulnerabilities, but their naming choices are solid.They should name them after their investors and board members.Gelsinger, McKeon, and Lavender do have a nice ring to them.Sounds like Bond movies.Imagine a bug in the ALU when adding two octal values - Octoplussy Or a bug in a specific Intel generation - SkylakefallThe next one will be discovered On Her Motherboard’s Secret ProcessesAll four of those names are movies. Only one is a Bond movie, though.can't wait for "shellshock", "wildfire" and "collapse".Shellshock happened in 2014 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shellshock_(software_bug)oh lol
Downfall, Inception, Meltdown, Spectre, I hate to see new vulnerabilities, but their naming choices are solid.They should name them after their investors and board members.Gelsinger, McKeon, and Lavender do have a nice ring to them.Sounds like Bond movies.Imagine a bug in the ALU when adding two octal values - Octoplussy Or a bug in a specific Intel generation - SkylakefallThe next one will be discovered On Her Motherboard’s Secret ProcessesAll four of those names are movies. Only one is a Bond movie, though.can't wait for "shellshock", "wildfire" and "collapse".Shellshock happened in 2014 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shellshock_(software_bug)oh lol
They should name them after their investors and board members.Gelsinger, McKeon, and Lavender do have a nice ring to them.
Sounds like Bond movies.Imagine a bug in the ALU when adding two octal values - Octoplussy Or a bug in a specific Intel generation - SkylakefallThe next one will be discovered On Her Motherboard’s Secret ProcessesAll four of those names are movies. Only one is a Bond movie, though.
Imagine a bug in the ALU when adding two octal values - Octoplussy Or a bug in a specific Intel generation - SkylakefallThe next one will be discovered On Her Motherboard’s Secret Processes
can't wait for "shellshock", "wildfire" and "collapse".Shellshock happened in 2014 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shellshock_(software_bug)oh lol
Downfall, Inception, Meltdown, Spectre, I hate to see new vulnerabilities, but their naming choices are solid.
They should name them after their investors and board members.
Gelsinger, McKeon, and Lavender do have a nice ring to them.
Sounds like Bond movies.
Imagine a bug in the ALU when adding two octal values - Octoplussy
Or a bug in a specific Intel generation - Skylakefall
The next one will be discovered On Her Motherboard’s Secret Processes
All four of those names are movies. Only one is a Bond movie, though.
can't wait for "shellshock", "wildfire" and "collapse".
Shellshock happened in 2014 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shellshock_(software_bug)
oh lol