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Intel's "DOITM" Security Feature Not Intended For Always-On Use, Linux Patches To Be Revised

Phoronix - Thu, 02/02/2023 - 04:00
Last week I wrote about Linux developers evaluating a new "DOITM" security mitigation for the latest Intel CPUs. While the cost for now of engaging the Data Operand Independent Timing Mode (DOITM) functionality is minimal, following internal Intel engineering discussions it looks like the Linux kernel patches will need to be re-worked with this functionality not intended to always be enabled...

AMD Announces Ryzen 7800X3D / 7900X3D / 7950X3D Pricing & Availability

Phoronix - Thu, 02/02/2023 - 01:50
Now that we are into February with AMD previously announced the month for learning more about their new Zen 4 processors with 3D V-Cache, this morning they revealed the firm availability dates and pricing...

GNU C Library "glibc" 2.37 Released

Phoronix - Wed, 02/01/2023 - 23:22
As scheduled, version 2.37 of the GNU C Library "glibc" was released this morning...

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