Topic

Meltdown and Spectre

5 mentions in 1 episode

Processor vulnerabilities discussed in relation to speculative execution, memory disclosure, patches and performance.

Mentions

241: Very Stable Raw Geniuses

  • 1:09:18

    major vulnerabilities known as Meltdown and Spectre

  • 1:09:57

    These are hardware bugs in Intel processors and other processors

  • 1:11:58

    you can read parts of memory that you weren't supposed to be able to

  • 1:12:41

    Meltdown is easier to fix in software than Spectre is

  • 1:16:26

    install those patches and stay tuned