Yet another spectre class vulnerability
POWER9 isn't open at all. the spec's are behind a $100,000/year paywall and NDA.
Fuck.
These vulnerabilities are just going to keep piling up, aren't they? I can't wait until all the necessaty security and firmware patches reduce the performance of some $100,000 Xeon to the level of an Intel 4004.
Not the Z80, it's a simple 8-bit CPU. Very good for embedded stuff, and nice for simple computers and game consoles.
But m68k can and did run Unix. That chip was even used in NeXT and Sun workstations, and also pic. There used to be Linux and BSD ports for m68k-based computers. NetBSD might even still work on them.
It can run CP/M, which is open source too nowadays.
Considering how the "fixes" for all these vulnerabilities involve performance hits, it might be a good idea to start getting used to it again.
The beauty of tomorrow is that security is nonexistent and worms will no longer be made of just one exploit but dozen all cooperating.
A beautiful dystopia where nobody can hide any information and only truth can be found easily.
I jerked off when I heard of those guys that found real name of Satoshi Nakamoto
Boy I'm glad I don't shill (((Intel))) 4free
NetBSD has a working and up to date Dreamcast port, of course it's probably still got one for a general purpose machine.
All the more reason to go full tinfoil.
Say what you want about the SJW RPi, but it's immune to all of the current and future Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilites.
The RPi is also way faster than some old Intel 386 collecting dust in a basement.
it's in the hardware you dinghole