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Intel claims CPU security flaw not unique to its chips, implies ARM and AMD chips could be...
Linus Torvalds , who is implementing the fix already has ruled AMD does not need to be fixed.. Only Intel depends completely on the fixes that Linux and Microsoft are implementing.. Linux will NOT implement any fix for Linux and trusts Lisa Su recommendation that AMD does not need to be fixed and will not suffer any performance issues.
"Linus Torvalds Trusts Lisa Su's Commitment to AMD CPU Security""Exclude AMD from the PTI enforcement. Not necessarily a fix, but ifAMD is so confident that they are not affected, then we should notburden users with the overhead" -
Actual testing on AMD Vega GPU destined for iMac Pro shows significant speed gains over Nv...
The new AMD Vega cards has a series of new architectural features that can have significant impact on the overall performance. I doubt if the Apple software has been optimized to take advantage of the new Vega new features. From the new geometry pipeline, pixel engine, to the new HBCC high-bandwidth memory cache controller, etc. These features can really speed up performance if they fine tune the applications and they optimize the drivers. Apple invented OpenCL, and AMD has followed Apples vision for OpenCL, while NVIDIA has always tried to sabotage the OpenGL efforts, which are key for Apple and for a lot of related technologies. If not for AMD Vega, Apple users will have to pay a lot more money for their machines.. Now that AMD is raising from the ashes, it is just a matter of time before the huge profits from the CPU and GPU TAMs begin to fill AMD's research and development coffers, which will help AMD to bring a lot more innovation and better technology to Apple, to the PC world, and to many other technologies.