The effects are still being benchmarked, however we're looking at a ballpark figure of five to 30 per cent slow down, depending on the task and the processor model.
― pee-wee and the power men (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 3 January 2018 12:52 (six years ago) link
security flaw could allow hackers to zzzzzz ASLR by default has only been widespread for about a decade so I expect to see these types of issues to keep coming tbf
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 3 January 2018 13:31 (six years ago) link
Intel don't want you to know that this ONE WEIRD TRICK to speed up CPU performance through speculative execution is now a potential security flaw!
― 2018 has to be better (snoball), Wednesday, 3 January 2018 21:45 (six years ago) link
I sure am looking forward to the next Patch Tuesday! As if the computers at work (all HP Intel based, natch) aren't slow enough already!
― 2018 has to be better (snoball), Wednesday, 3 January 2018 21:47 (six years ago) link