Intel: In the second half of the chip there will be hardware fixes for ghosts and fuses

Spectre and Meltdown (melting) vulnerabilities are obviously not to be fixed by some quick fixes, and the problem is much more serious. Fortunately, Intel announced that the new chips introduced later this year will include hardware/architecture level improvements. Prevent these defects.

Intel CEO Brian Krzanich announced the news on the company blog. After thanking several partners, he pointed out that all affected products have received software updates over the past five years to protect them from vulnerability attacks. The effect of these updates is controversial.

It is worth mentioning that there are actually three loopholes in total: Spectre variants 1, 2 and 3, the researchers named the first two Spectre, the third is called Meltdown. Variant 1 can be said to be the most difficult to solve, Intel does not currently have a hardware solution, but it already has hardware solutions for variants 2 and 3.

Krzanich wrote: 'We redesigned part of the processor to introduce a new level of protection through partitioning to prevent variants 2 and variants 3. Cascade Lake Xeon and 8th generation processors should be shipped in the second half of 2018 These changes. '

Although Intel's statement is not clear, it is estimated that the company will make more detailed explanations as the new processor shipments approach.