RT @pjf: #Meltdown works by exploiting the fact that CPUs will execute instructions ahead of the "current" instruction as means of optimisation. It's possible to observe the side-effects of instructions that were executed but never committed.

#Meltdown works by exploiting the fact that CPUs will execute instructions ahead of the "current" instruction as means of optimisation.

It's possible to observe the side-effects of instructions that were executed but never committed.

— Paul Fenwick (@pjf) January 4, 2018

January 04, 2018 at 09:12PM