“Inception” and “Downfall” Are the Newest AMD and Intel CPU Vulnerabilities

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AMD and Intel researchers have disclosed two new vulnerabilities that affect some of the companies' most popular CPUs. "Downfall," which has been detailed by Google researcher Daniel Moghimi in a dedicated site, appears to affect 6th Gen (Skylake) to 11th Gen (Tiger Lake) Core processors, while "Inception" is said to impact Zen through Zen 4 products in the desktop, server, and embedded categories. Moghimi described Intel's vulnerability as being "highly practical," while AMD says its problem has only been observed in research environments.

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