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Re:Apple's follow-up to M1 chip goes into mass production fo... by mixmastamyk on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @10:15PM (#26964669)
That's not the definition of refute. The distinction between a lazy-implied always and merely often is pedantic. The point is that it happens enough to reduce performance, while doing something no end-user asked for and is difficult, if not impossible to disable without reducing other security protections.
Re:Apple's follow-up to M1 chip goes into mass production fo... by Klonoar on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @03:01PM (#26972841)
There is no measurable performance loss from that one time check - it's not something happening constantly.