Re:Intel Publishes Microcode Patches, No Benchmarking or Com...
by ballenf on Thursday August 23, 2018 @09:30AM
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Not only that but standard development processes involve testing code against different environments.
Comparing arbitrary code execution times on this platform versus another could easily be called 'benchmarking'.
It's just so strange to sell a general purpose processor but then prohibit certain types of code depending on the state of mind of the developer. The same block of code could be permitted or prohibited based on the intent. It's nuts and a legal morass that is hard to imagine any lawyer proposing as a good idea.
Comparing arbitrary code execution times on this platform versus another could easily be called 'benchmarking'.
It's just so strange to sell a general purpose processor but then prohibit certain types of code depending on the state of mind of the developer. The same block of code could be permitted or prohibited based on the intent. It's nuts and a legal morass that is hard to imagine any lawyer proposing as a good idea.