Microsoft disables Spectre mitigations as Intel’s patches cause instability

Re:Microsoft disables Spectre mitigations as Intel’s patches... by tyfon on Monday January 29, 2018 @11:12AM (#16258280)

I know in my company this has indeed resulted in a full stop in buying Intel and going AMD instead. There is also an active "project" to replace the Intel servers.

I work in a bank and they are terrified of the possibility of user processes reading privileged memory. Not necessarily out of actual fear but out of the insane amount of paperwork this will require to satisfy the auditors that it is still safe.

Anecdotally, but you asked for "someone" and here is someone :)

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Re:Microsoft disables Spectre mitigations as Intel’s patches... by tobyhinloopen on Monday January 29, 2018 @11:23AM (#16258362)

Wasn’t AMD also affected?

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Re:Microsoft disables Spectre mitigations as Intel’s patches... by tyfon on Monday January 29, 2018 @11:39AM (#16258507)

Not by Meltdown which enabled user processes to read kernel memory. And as we've seen in the aftermath, they have not nearly as much trouble with their patches for Spectre as Intel has had.

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