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Re:Cybercriminals who breached Nvidia issue one of the most ... by theresistor on Friday March 04, 2022 @03:21AM (#30552062)
GPUs ship with far more workarounds in the drivers because the programmer only has access to the hardware via drivers that can cover up the bugs, and because they’re not constrained by binary compatibility.
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Re:Cybercriminals who breached Nvidia issue one of the most ... by eru on Friday March 04, 2022 @03:31AM (#30552125)
Yes. I think for the CPU they mostly stick those work-arounds into microcode?
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