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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2005-08-11
The problem isn't dual core, single core or 11-core, it's just you build a beast with a few hundred million microscopic solid state components, linked together by strands a few molecules thick, mistakes can happen. When they are made in hardware, they are harder to fix. The original pentium had problems with floating point calculations. sometimes, mistakes are inevitable.