Reply to post: Re: Yes... But does it actually work?

Re: Yes... But does it actually work?

AMD CPUs are not affected by Meltdown, only by Spectre. The workaround to the former is really expensive in terms of CPU overhead on Intel (and exactly 0 cost on AMD), especially if your workloads involve lots of IO, which is why I plan my next upgrade to AMD Epyc (from Xeon Ivy Bridge). The workarounds to Spectre are still appearing, but so far all are pretty cheap.