EDN

Multithreading, security on CPU makers’ minds

San Jose, Calif. – Microprocessor makers debated the merits of multithreading and hardware security at the Microprocessor Forum here last week. Server-CPU makers Fujitsu Ltd., IBM Microelectronics and ...
EDN

Computer CPU makers debate multithreading, security

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Computer microprocessor makers debated the merits of multithreading and hardware security at the Microprocessor Forum here Tuesday (Oct 14). Server CPU makers Fujitsu, IBM and Sun ...
Bleeping Computer

New PortSmash Hyper-Threading CPU Vuln Can Steal Decryption Keys

A new side-channel vulnerability has been discovered called PortSmash that uses a timing attack that to steal information from other processes running in the same CPU core with SMT/hyper-threading ...
ExtremeTech

AMD's next-gen CPU leak: 14nm, simultaneous multithreading, and DDR4 support

Ever since it became clear that AMD's Carrizo would be a mobile update with a focus on energy efficiency as opposed to raw performance, enthusiasts and investors have been hungry for details about the ...
Ars Technica

Intel’s Alder Lake big.little CPU design, tested: It’s a barn burner

After spending several days with Intel’s newest consumer CPU designs, we have some surprising news: they’re faster than AMD’s latest Ryzens on both single-threaded and most multithreaded benchmarks.
Bleeping Computer

OpenBSD Disables Intel CPU Hyper-Threading Due to Security Concerns

The OpenBSD project announced today plans to disable support for Intel CPU hyper-threading due to security concerns regarding the theoretical threat of more "Spectre-class bugs." Hyper-threading (HT) ...
Digi Times

SSD controller SoC operated in a multi-threaded CPU environment can achieve cost optimization goals, says MIPS

Within single-core CPU architecture, the MIPS multi-threading technology boosts the performance 43% through two VPEs. The performance will be 2X higher when the configuration is dual-core with two ...