Re:Multi-process Firefox brings 400-700% improvement in resp...
by creshal on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @05:46AM
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> I expect they'll be treated as a hardware bug and solved by releasing better hardware
When Rowhammer was first announced, people said "it's okay, we have ECC". Then ECC was shown vulnerable. "It's okay, vendors have promised to fix it in DDR4", they said. Now DDR4 is out and vendors have not deployed the fixes systematically[1] and you have to benchmark every single RAM stick to make sure you're not vulnerable.
I'd really appreciate software workarounds as long as hardware vendors keep fucking up.
When Rowhammer was first announced, people said "it's okay, we have ECC". Then ECC was shown vulnerable. "It's okay, vendors have promised to fix it in DDR4", they said. Now DDR4 is out and vendors have not deployed the fixes systematically[1] and you have to benchmark every single RAM stick to make sure you're not vulnerable.
I'd really appreciate software workarounds as long as hardware vendors keep fucking up.
[1]: http://www.passmark.com/forum/memtest86/5395-rowhammer-mitig...