How a researcher hacked his own computer and found 'worst' chip flaw

Re:How a researcher hacked his own computer and found 'worst... by JeremyBanks on Thursday January 04, 2018 @04:50PM (#16074388)

I think the parallel's a bit of a stretch, but I really enjoyed the story, so thanks for sharing.

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Re:How a researcher hacked his own computer and found 'worst... by jerf on Thursday January 04, 2018 @05:08PM (#16074542)

I agree it's a stretch, but it's a fun link.

The parallel I see is that this is as close to anything I've ever seen in this industry to having to start so far back again. I very much suspect that we're going to be playing cat and mouse with timing attacks for the next 10 years, while pie-in-the-sky research projects just get started more-or-less today that will finally fix it.

The Mill CPU people have popped up a few times today... they seem to have an interesting opportunity here.

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