Spectre bugs likely to 'haunt us for a long time' as software alone can't fix all of them, warn Google researchers

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Spectre vulnerability affects microprocessors able to carry out branch prediction

Software alone can't fix all Spectre bugs, and the CPU manufacturers need to find new microarchitecture designs to eliminate the risks associated with these vulnerabilities, according to a new stud...

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