@Gsus4 to [email protected]English • 28 days agoIntel chip bug FAQ: Which PCs are affected, how to get the patch, and everything else you need to knowwww.zdnet.comexternal-linkmessage-square15arrow-up166arrow-down10
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish16•28 days agoYou can’t fix damage that has already happened, but you can stop more damage by limiting voltage as I understand it.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•28 days agobut how can the chips reach the advertised performance while being undervolted? especially damaged chips.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish10•edit-228 days agoIt’s like spectre and meltdown you also lost the advertised performance. Less performance is better than a gaping security hole or a broken chip.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•edit-228 days agoI would expect this patch to come with a negative performance impact.
You can’t fix damage that has already happened, but you can stop more damage by limiting voltage as I understand it.
but how can the chips reach the advertised performance while being undervolted? especially damaged chips.
It’s like spectre and meltdown you also lost the advertised performance. Less performance is better than a gaping security hole or a broken chip.
They can’t.
I would expect this patch to come with a negative performance impact.