Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 28th Jun 2007 18:37 UTC, submitted by anonymous
Theo de Raadt wrote about the Intel Core 2 Duo chip: "Various developers are busy implementing workarounds for serious bugs in Intel's Core 2 cpu. These processors are buggy as hell, and some of these bugs don't just cause development/debugging problems, but will assuredly be exploitable from userland code." Intel has given a response to the concerns as well.
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Although this story is about Intels Core 2 Duo, it's also mentioned that AMD is having similar problems with dual core. In fact, I vaguely recall reports of such problems with dual core designs from at least two years ago.
My question to all - is dual core really worth it? Do you get such a fantastic speed increase that it's worthwhile creating a gigantic security hole that can/will be exploited?
And I wonder - is quad-core as bad, or worse?
Since Intel and AMD seem committed to making everything dual-core, maybe it's time to take a look at VIA again. See mini-itx.com - whole machines can be bought from damnsmalllinux.org - that's where I'm going for my next machine.
And to think that I almost bought a Dell dual-core...