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January 9, 2018 04:00 pm
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/2Zta2cxIsZ8/microsoft-pauses-rollout-of-spectre-and-meltdown-patches-to-amd-systems
Microsoft Pauses Rollout of Spectre and Meltdown Patches To AMD Systems
Microsoft is suspending patches to guard against Meltdown and Spectre security threats for computers running AMD chipsets after complaints by AMD customers that the software updates froze their machines. From a report: The company is blaming AMD's failure to comply with "the documentation previously provided to Microsoft to develop the Windows operating system mitigations to protect against the chipset vulnerabilities known as Spectre and Meltdown." There's no word on when the patches will be fixed, but Microsoft says that it is working with AMD to address the problem.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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