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they don't even all have AVX....

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it clearly wasn't. full mitigation means spectre_v2=on spec_store_bypass_disable=on l1tf=full,force, as well as compiling the entire system with LVI mitigations....

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the point is that the A73 is more efficient than the A55, which is in turn more efficient than the A53, so the A73 is definitely more efficient than the...

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turns out it's actually not all that energy efficient. comparing the ODROID-N2 and ODROID-C4 shows that a combination of A73 and A53 is more energy efficient...

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it has a branch predictor, but doesn't do speculative execution. the branch predictor is used only for prefetching instructions. instructions are only...

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if by "SLS" you mean the recently disclosed "Straight-line Speculation" vulnerability, then no. A53 doesn't speculatively execute...

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why not just download and install the malware you want directly instead of all that extra work?...

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denying access to high resolution timers isn't enough.

JavaScript does have multiple threads.

there are ways to work around...

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how many of those flaws can be exploited by sandboxed JavaScript running in a browser?



JavaScript in a browser doesn't have...

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while POWER is better than Intel when it comes to vulnerabilities, that's a pretty low bar to pass. it's still significantly worse than AMD or ARM: h...