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Re:Intel Publishes Microcode Patches, No Benchmarking or Com... by tzmudzin on Thursday August 23, 2018 @01:19AM (#17824796)
... or just the reverse: clearly omitted in all benchmarks, stating you buy at your own risk because of Intel's unwillingness to subject its products to examination.

[Sure it's not going to fly given Intel's market position, but it's a tempting thought anyway...]

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Re:Intel Publishes Microcode Patches, No Benchmarking or Com... by _ph_ on Thursday August 23, 2018 @07:56AM (#17826444)
Right, technically speaking, a review site now only has the choice of either ignoring Intels terms or no longer consider Intel processors in their benchmarking at all. As a reviewer , I would not benchmark unpatched products on a general basis.
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