OpenBSD founder Theo de Raadt has been making a lot of noise over a change in Intel's current generation Core 2 microprocessor and he goes as far as claiming that this will lead to serious security ...

Linus Torvalds, the principal developer and creator of the Linux kernel, recently criticized INTEL for undermining the importance of error-correcting code (ECC) memory. In a recent tech forum post ...

The patching for Spectre isn't going well. Earlier this week, Intel Corp. (Nasdaq: INTC) was forced to advise its customers-- that means OEMs, cloud service providers, system manufacturers, software ...

Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux, is apparently "frustrated" with the buggy hardware by the likes of Intel, AMD & NVIDIA, claiming that manufacturers are the reason behind vulnerabilities. Linus ...

Intel stripped ECC RAM support off its consumer products over a decade ago, and Linus Torvalds is still unhappy about it. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new window) ...

The creator of the open-source Linux operating system did not mince words when passing judgement on the Meltdown and Spectre patches being rolled out by Intel, calling them garbage. If it wasn't clear ...

Chip-level bugs Meltdown and Spectre continue to land chip-maker Intel in hot water. What do you do when every single chip you’ve produced since 1995 is now facing two of the most pervasive bugs your ...

Computer systems around the world are getting a raft of patches in the wake of the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities. These low-level bugs affect many different CPUs and architectures, but Intel ...