Intel Confronts Potential ‘PR Nightmare’ With Reported Chip Flaw

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Post by el_duderino » Wed, Jan 03, 2018, 1:43 PM UTC

Intel Confronts Potential ‘PR Nightmare’ With Reported Chip Flaw
bloomberg.com

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Post by Havoc » Wed, Jan 03, 2018, 2:27 PM UTC

As a shareholder that's great. Concerned that this is a very fragile win though. I don't think there will be much real world fall out.

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Post by NinjaKitten » Wed, Jan 03, 2018, 2:34 PM UTC

"Intel has a bug that lets some software gain access to parts of a computer’s memory that are set aside to protect things like passwords."

Seems like very little got through to the media about the details regarding this flaws effects and costly workaround.

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Post by db48x » Wed, Jan 03, 2018, 2:37 PM UTC

Havoc wrote: post #2

As a shareholder that's great. Concerned that this is a very fragile win though. I don't think there will be much real world fall out.

If all Intel CPUs get 30% slower overnight, then there will be some fallout in the real world.

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Post by rwmj » Wed, Jan 03, 2018, 2:38 PM UTC

AMD must be pretty happy about this patch: https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/12/27/2

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Post by cma » Wed, Jan 03, 2018, 2:38 PM UTC

This isn't really too far out of proportion with normal daily fluctuations of AMD stock this year.

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Post by swarnie_ » Wed, Jan 03, 2018, 2:40 PM UTC

Havoc wrote: post #2

As a shareholder that's great. Concerned that this is a very fragile win though. I don't think there will be much real world fall out.

How you hold this stock is a mystery to me. With it bouncing between $10 and $15 constantly last year it just seems far to volatile. I'd be panic buying / selling every day to adjust which seems stressful...

Maybe why its a favorite of /r/wallstreetbets

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Post by grigjd3 » Wed, Jan 03, 2018, 2:40 PM UTC

NinjaKitten wrote: post #3

"Intel has a bug that lets some software gain access to parts of a computer’s memory that are set aside to protect things like passwords." Seems like very little got through to the media about the details regarding this flaws effects and costly workaround.

Bloomberg is not going to focus on technical detail too much (at all) given their readership. Follow the link to the register for more detail.

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Post by toyg » Wed, Jan 03, 2018, 2:43 PM UTC

This piece should be used in journalism schools.

> Advanced Micro Devices Inc. surged [...] after a report that Intel Corp., its only remaining rival in the market for personal computer processors

Ahh, so Intel is the only holdout against the dominant wave of AMD processors, right?

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Post by InTheArena » Wed, Jan 03, 2018, 2:43 PM UTC

swarnie_ wrote: post #7

Havoc wrote: post #2

As a shareholder that's great. Concerned that this is a very fragile win though. I don't think there will be much real world fall out.

How you hold this stock is a mystery to me. With it bouncing between $10 and $15 constantly last year it just seems far to volatile. I'd be panic buying / selling every day to adjust which seems stressful... Maybe why its a favorite of /r/wallstreetbets

I bought a ton at 9 before the Ryzen announcement. The oscillation in the stock drove me up the wall, and I came to the conclusion that it’s just stupid to track single stocks, even when you know they have a great product, because the market is so irrational.