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Linux creator Linus Torvalds slams “garbage” Intel Meltdown patches

By Michael Jenkin on Jan 23, 2018 10:40AM
Linux creator Linus Torvalds slams “garbage” Intel Meltdown patches

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Linus Torvalds, the creator of the Linux kernel has slammed Intel’s Meltdown and Spectre bug fixes as “complete and utter garbage”. The comments were made in conversation on the public Linux kernel mailing list between Torvalds and developer and former Intel engineer David ...

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By Michael Jenkin
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