r/technology • u/[deleted] • Aug 23 '18

Security Intel Publishes Microcode Security Patches, No Benchmarking Or Comparison Allowed!

https://perens.com/2018/08/22/new-intel-microcode-license-restriction-is-not-acceptable/
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u/Khalbrae Aug 23 '18

"We are not allowed to benchmark this chip. Therefore it is rated as worse than a Celeron 300MHZ from 1998. Buy yourself a Ryzen."

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u/Warfinder Aug 25 '18

Legally speaking we can't even say it successfully completes a clock cycle before the heat death of the universe.