you really need to up your game when reporting on these sort of things. Other sites were reporting on this days ago and as a major Apple "news" site people expect AI to be on the ball.
AI is nothing but a rumor site. They are not known for reporting news, nor are they considered a "major" Apple site.
The low amount of Thunderbolt hardware, and the cost of it, is something of a blessing in that regard. Plus the lack of Thunderbolt flash drives (which would be sweet, USB 3.0 is garbage).
Please clarify why you believe USB 3.0 is garbage? It has its place besides Thunderbolt. USB is CPU intensive whereas Thunderbolt is not. USB is great for those little peripherals, Thunderbolt is great for pure, raw speed.
<div class="quote-container" data-huddler-embed="/t/184510/os-x-10-10-2-will-fix-years-old-thunderbolt-hardware-vulnerability#post_2666652" data-huddler-embed-placeholder="false">Quote:<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>singularity</strong> <a href="/t/184510/os-x-10-10-2-will-fix-years-old-thunderbolt-hardware-vulnerability#post_2666652"><img alt="View Post" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" /></a><br /><br />you really need to up your game when reporting on these sort of things. Other sites were reporting on this days ago and as a major Apple "news" site people expect AI to be on the ball.</div></div><p>AI is nothing but a rumor site. They are not known for reporting news, nor are they considered a "major" Apple site.</p>
ROM is read only in the sense that the memory is designed with that being the primary purpose (to be read, not frequently written too). But it is possible to rewrite most ROM memory in a process called "flashing" (not to be confused with Adobe Flash). During this process a higher than normal voltage is applied to the memory cells to reconfigure them. This should only be done a limited number of times.
> The code becomes stored in a separate ROM on the logic board, which would allow the attack to remain even if the user were to install OS X or put in an entirely new hard drive.
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you really need to up your game when reporting on these sort of things. Other sites were reporting on this days ago and as a major Apple "news" site people expect AI to be on the ball.
AI is nothing but a rumor site. They are not known for reporting news, nor are they considered a "major" Apple site.
The low amount of Thunderbolt hardware, and the cost of it, is something of a blessing in that regard. Plus the lack of Thunderbolt flash drives (which would be sweet, USB 3.0 is garbage).
Please clarify why you believe USB 3.0 is garbage? It has its place besides Thunderbolt. USB is CPU intensive whereas Thunderbolt is not. USB is great for those little peripherals, Thunderbolt is great for pure, raw speed.
So what gives?