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Re:Intel Warned Chinese Companies of Chip Flaws Before U.S. ... by Sephr on Sunday January 28, 2018 @03:48PM (#16253382)
As a customer and not an OEM, what would they do with this information other than ask other parties to hurry with updates?

The mitigations required OEMs to send firmware, microcode, and software updates.

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Re:Intel Warned Chinese Companies of Chip Flaws Before U.S. ... by microcolonel on Sunday January 28, 2018 @03:56PM (#16253425)
> As a customer and not an OEM, what would they do with this information other than ask other parties to hurry with updates?

They could shut down machines for which it is an excessive risk; though honestly I don't think they should be privileged as customers go.

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Re:Intel Warned Chinese Companies of Chip Flaws Before U.S. ... by Radle on Sunday January 28, 2018 @06:10PM (#16254163)
In some systems the PC maker controls the update path and not the operating system. As such it was important to get PC makers on the Team, otherwise users would have been left undefended.
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Re:Intel Warned Chinese Companies of Chip Flaws Before U.S. ... by Sephr on Monday January 29, 2018 @04:26PM (#16260752)
OEM doesn't mean operating system, it means original equipment manufacturer (e.g. PC maker). You seem to have misread my comment.
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