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SPOILER alert, literally: Intel CPUs afflicted with simple data-spewing spec-exec vulnerability

Simon Harris

Re: It's interesting...

Back in the DOS days a competent electronic engineer could take the cover off the computer and know what (or know where to find out) exactly what every component did - in those days it wasn't uncommon for the PC's hardware manual to come with a BIOS assembly code listing and some level of schematics.

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