Intel 'Downfall': Severe flaw in billions of CPUs leaks passwords and much more

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Intel 'Downfall': Severe flaw in billions of CPUs leaks passwords and much more
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Oh no.

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It took them a year for a microcode fix and it still has a performance loss of 50% in some cases? Ew

So they created a massive vulnerability by misimplementing speculative execution which promised a, what, 10% speed gain tops and now that it was discovered you have to patch it and lose 50%? Genius.