This whole thing was a shenanigan. It turns out Google discovered the bug, and then told Intel and AMD. But no one told the US government. All the while the CEOs of AMD and Intel sold off their stocks. Now Intel and AMD will both get sued and we'll be lucky to see them around in five years, these are going to be massive lawsuits. It's a huge opening for nVidia in the CPU space and I'm sure they know about it. I'm wondering if this could mean the end of x86.
AMD in particular can't withstand lawsuits like this.
Essentially, this speculative execution bug could be devastating for AMD.
AMD in particular can't withstand lawsuits like this.
Essentially, this speculative execution bug could be devastating for AMD.