Re:Linux 5.8 Set to Optionally Flush the L1d Cache on Contex...
by madars on Sunday May 24, 2020 @09:43PM
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If history is any tell Intel allocated $475M pre-tax charge against earnings when they did Pentium FDIV replacements -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentium_FDIV_bug . But I assume most people are more likely to raise a ruckus for potentially invalid computations, than for subtle potentially leaky computations.
A replacement CPU would make more sense. It should support the same operating systems and motherboards. I wonder if Intel would be asked by a lot of people to replace their CPUs.