Meltdown and Spectre, oh my!
Tech Talk #69 – Jan. 20, 2018 Meltdown and Spectre, oh my! It’s unusual when extremely technical problems make the news, but by now you’ve probably heard about Meltdown and Spectre. Multiple teams of independent researchers have discovered (and named!) these design flaws in computer processors. Meltdown and Spectre are in the news because these flaws result in vulnerabilities in every computer chip made in the last twenty years. The Windows, Mac, and Linux