Spectre and Meltdown Exploits threaten HPC Performance

In this podcast, the Radio Free HPC team looks at the performance ramifications of the Spectre and Meltdown exploits that affect processors from Intel, AMD, and many others. While patches are on the way, the performance hit from these patches could be as high as twenty or thirty percent in some cases.

For information and links to useful resources, visit the security research findings page on Intel.com.

Downlaod the White Paper: How the Meltdown and Spectre bugs work and what you can do to prevent a performance plummet.

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