Intel CEO Brian Krzanich speaks in passing during his CES 2018 conference, in passing, about the Specter and Meltdown vulnerabilities, for which they will release patches in no time.
The conference of Brian Krzanich, CEO of Intel, at CES 2018, was expected by many, because they thought delusively that it would give explanations about the Meltdown and Specter vulnerabilities, which have been detected recently. Honestly, I am even surprised that he mentioned absolutely nothing about this, because I expected maximum opacity and to leave it a bit in the dark, to announce important news, at a time when the company needs to look away from security issues. That you have dedicated a few words to the subject, for me, is already an achievement, because you expected, literally, 0 comments during your conference.
For the average user, there are no substantial performance differences in the patch that Meltdown and Specter fixes, but it seems that the Data Center, Server and Cloud Service systems of Google, Amazon and Microsoft do affect, since these systems They are based on raw data computing and in large volume and would lose about 30% of performance, even games like Fortnite would have problems with the servers after installing the patch.
Krzanich tiptoed past the Las Vegas event and said this: 'Our main goal has been to keep our customers safe. We have not received any information that these exploits have been used to obtain customer data. 'He also highlighted that all processors will receive their corresponding update to solve the problem. Krzanich ensures that 90% of processors released since 2013 will receive an update before January 12, while older processors will have to wait until the end of the month.
AMD in this also raises competition, since we have known a few hours ago that AMD Secure also presents an important vulnerability since September and despite the fact that the company reported in December that they were going to launch a patch to solve it, as of today we continue without knowing anything about the patch and the vulnerability continues without problems. Beans are cooked everywhere.
