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23 January 2018

Spectre: How reverse-engineering a microprocessor revealed a fundamental flaw

This article is part of the Computer Weekly issue of 23 January 2018

Researchers have published their work on Spectre, a flaw that affects every modern CPU. We find out what went wrong from one of the engineers.

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Spectre: How reverse-engineering a microprocessor revealed a fundamental flaw
by Cliff Saran
Researchers have published their work on Spectre, a flaw that affects every modern CPU. We find out what went wrong from one of the engineers
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by Karl Flinders
The UK retail banking sector is at the beginning of a journey towards to a more competitive future as new regulation hits them

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