CPU Usage Differences After Applying Meltdown Patch at Epic Games

Re:CPU Usage Differences After Applying Meltdown Patch at Ep... by Waterluvian on Saturday January 06, 2018 @11:29AM (#16085908)

I've been too focused on the tech that I forgot about the legal part of this. Is this why they've all given wishy-washy responses that take no responsibility and seemingly don't even admit there's a problem? Sounds like they expect massive legal recourse and have no real choice but to listen to their lawyers who are telling them to admit no guilt.

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Re:CPU Usage Differences After Applying Meltdown Patch at Ep... by forgotpw2018 on Saturday January 06, 2018 @11:55AM (#16086062)

Exactly why. Even if the performance impact is 3%, that means the world has lost maybe 2% of its CPU power overnight. That's an utterly massive amount of hardware, many billions of dollars, maybe a trillian.

It's not just the cost of the processors, but everything that contains them. Truly 'fixing' all the affected products would bankrupt a county but we should get a refund for the CPU's at the least

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Re:CPU Usage Differences After Applying Meltdown Patch at Ep... by rogerthis on Saturday January 06, 2018 @01:03PM (#16086549)

And I add they will have legal issues in multiple countries, each with their own rules.

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Re:CPU Usage Differences After Applying Meltdown Patch at Ep... by QAPereo on Saturday January 06, 2018 @11:33AM (#16085929)

Yes. They’re facing potentially ruinous class actions from individuals, and the legal fury of uncounted corporations which are going to suffer. It’s hard to imagine Intel dying, but if the impact on performance is so enormous, it could happen. So yes, they are in ass-covering-survival-mode. Having said that, I wouldn’t expect Intel to go down in legal flames, but the endless PR dripping is going to have to become a flood for a long time to recover.

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