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Meltdown and Spectre Vulnerability in x86 CPUs: How Does the Security Patches Affect Speed? |
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Ryan Ecarma and Lucien Ngalamou, |
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Vol. 25 No. 8 pp. 53-58 |
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Abstract |
Security vulnerabilities are a major concern for computer systems in general especially at the hardware level. Whether it be an undiscovered backdoor or a bad sector of a CPU design lithography which wasn’t verified during manufacturing, these are major concerns to consider. There were recently possible hardware security vulnerabilities found in modern x86 CPUs. Operating System level patches were created to mitigate these security flaws. The main problem for the patches is the speed of the hardware that is suspected to be less than before patching. This paper presents an in depth study of the security vulnerabilities, and analyze whether the patches for Windows 10 do significantly affect the speed with various benchmark tests before and after patches. |
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Keywords |
Vulnerabilities, Patches, Operating Systems, CPU (Central Processing Unit). |
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