Allen
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Intel's security problems are not going away
Speaking to the assembled throngs at the Open Source Summit Europe Kroah-Hartman [Linux kernel maintainer] said Intel CPU's security problems "are going to be with us for a very long time" and are "not going away".
This is not a Linux problem, any operating system [e.g. W10] faces the same problem.
"The bad part of this is that you now must choose: Performance or security. And that is not a good option. If you are not using a supported Linux distribution kernel or a stable/long term kernel, you have an insecure system", Kroah-Hartman said.
This topic keeps popping up in the industry press. Other articles referred to in this thread have said that, starting years ago, Intel deliberately designed the CPU chips to give better "instructions per clock" at the expense of security. They felt the security would be adequate. Maybe it was at first. But, hackers have "caught up". Only a new design CPU will fix things -- maybe Intel 7nm??
If one needs the software fixes, those fixes usually slow Intel down by large amounts.
As previously noted, gamers with desktop systems are probably not targets. But, companies and professionals are going to AMD for security reasons -- more money for AMD to spend on the next GPU or whatever.
