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Re:AMD Threadripper 3970X under heavy AVX2 load: Defective b... by firethief on Friday February 21, 2020 @02:43PM (#22386087)
When it becomes reachable through WASM or browser Javascript optimization (if it isn't already), that seems like a big problem (easy DoS, probably a tricky RCX). Ideally browser vendors will hold off on that; besides this, there are the Intel throttling issues for some AVX2 instructions that could be an annoyance. But AVX2 is good for benchmarks...

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