Intel Responds to Complaints About Microcode Benchmarking Ban

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rantoc

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Fix the darn problems and be frank about them, not cover them up by prohibit things like a benchmark - That's the way a trustworthy company operates. -1 trust to intel for this no benchmark bs!
 

almarcy

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It is difficult for a vendor to adjust operator head space. Possibly impossible, but, we just keep trudging. Patching is the only way to justify 80% of our management overhead.
 

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"Sir, the patch is done, but it tanks performance..."
"Don't you dare say it, the patch works everything is fine nothing uas changed hut the product is now more secure, it's a win for everyone. Is that clear?"
 

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The mitigation is to reduce the risks, not eliminate them!

Even worse, by peeling the onions people don't know how many more INTENDED cheats of not following the specs are still inside!
 

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I have a theory as to what happened here. (I am retired from Intel.) The wording about benchmarking was typical for beta products (hardware and software). I think someone just misunderstood what the purpose was of the microcode update and picked the wrong text file. (Not that they'd admit this, of course.)
 

Kourgath223

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So are you guys going to run some benchmarks with this microcode update to see if Intel was trying to hide anything?
 
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