Microsoft halts some AMD chip Spectre patches after PCs freeze

Microsoft halts some AMD chip Spectre patches after PCs freeze

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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cyber-microchips-amd/microsoft-halts-some-amd-chip-spectre-patches-after-pcs-freeze-idUSKBN1EY17X

Microsoft Corp said on Tuesday it had suspended patches to guard against Meltdown and Spectre security threats for some computers running AMD chipsets after complaints by AMD customers that the software updates froze their machines.

Microsoft halts some AMD chip Spectre patches after PCs freeze

Jan 9, 2018, 5:29pm UTC
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cyber-microchips-amd/microsoft-halts-some-amd-chip-spectre-patches-after-pcs-freeze-idUSKBN1EY17X >Microsoft Corp said on Tuesday it had suspended patches to guard against Meltdown and Spectre security threats for some computers running AMD chipsets after complaints by AMD customers that the software updates froze their machines.