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'WHAT THE F*CK IS GOING ON?' Linus Torvalds explodes at Intel spinning Spectre fix as a security feature

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Re: Speculative but maybe workable fix

> can you briefly explain how ... [snip]

No need as there's a much simpler fix: Intel currently offer a range of CPUs at different clock speeds. All they have to do is offer the faster processor models at the lower price of the slower ones to compensate for the loss of performance introduced by the fix they are currently trying so hard not to roll out.

And then they simply need to refund the price difference between fast and slow processor costs to everyone who bought an Intel CPU, or a PC containing an Intel CPU, in the last 10 years or so.

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