Intel Should Now Have Gen7 Graphics Mitigated Without The Hefty Performance Hit

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Intel Should Now Have Gen7 Graphics Mitigated Without The Hefty Performance Hit

Earlier this month when Intel disclosed CVE-2019-14615 as a security vulnerability affecting their graphics architecture, older Gen7 graphics saw a huge hit to their performance with the initial patches for addressing this vulnerability on Ivy Bridge and Haswell processors. Fortunately, a new mitigation patch series was sent out this week where they believe the performance costs are now avoided...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Intel-Recovers-Gen7-Loss

[tildearrow]

I know this is unrelated but what is the font used in that slide? It looks like an open-source Tahoma.

[salsadoom]

> The mitigation is still involving a custom EU kernel

So it'll stop working after Brexit...?

[CochainComplex]

> The mitigation is still involving a custom EU kernel

So it'll stop working after Brexit...?

no I guess Nigel will write a patch.

[Mel Spektor]

is there an Intel product not vulnerable to something? Geez.

[tildearrow]

> The mitigation is still involving a custom EU kernel

So it'll stop working after Brexit...?

Execution Unit.

Nice one though

[Zucca]

Who's that one who is peeking around the corner? Oh. It's CacheOut! \o/

[CochainComplex]

is there an Intel product not vulnerable to something? Geez.

The "intel inside" sticker

[Zucca]

is there an Intel product not vulnerable to something? Geez.

The "intel inside" sticker

That too is vulnerable to a (sweatty) palm of my hand. Of all the laptops I've had, that sticker eventually peeled off.

[Guest]

At least this is a dodged bullet. I was worried I'd be stuck with a paperweight iGPU hoping for a nice Ryzen 4000 series ThinkPad to come out.