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Are Servers Based On HT CPU's Unsafe?

May 18, 2005, 8:06 AM
HyperTherm
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Are Servers Based On HT CPU's Unsafe?
Interesting article:

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1815954,00.asp

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May 23, 2005, 4:47 PM
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May 23, 2005, 4:47 PM
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Here's some more details on it:

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/...kernel/539291#539291

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May 25, 2005, 1:22 PM
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May 25, 2005, 1:22 PM
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So hyperthreading servers are no more a selling point for the well informed?

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May 25, 2005, 1:26 PM
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May 25, 2005, 1:26 PM
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They never were. =) Performance gains from hypterthreading tend to be quite small. In terms of security, I imagine some sort of workaround will be available soon for this.

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