Quoting: SamsaiObviously cache was a mistake.

Everything beyond 80386 was...! :D

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Quoting: SamsaiI am not an expert but from what I gathered the issue is that after code has been speculatively executed the result is stored in the cache even if the CPU guessed wrong and ran the wrong code, not to mention code that it didn't even have privileges to run.

AFAICT, it's not stored in the cache, but by accessing some memory, this is loaded into the cache, and by checking afterwards how fast you can access the same meory (memory you're allowed to read), you can tunnel data through from the illegitimate code to legitimate code. (Nice technique that is...) Even if you would flush all cache touched by speculatively executed code, you probably could do it the other way around: Prefetch into cache, make speculative execution, and if the data vanishes from cache, you've got information from the dark side.

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Quoting: BrisseAnd yes of course you could make a chip completely immune. Just get rid of speculative execution, as that's what these attacks exploit. That will come at a performance cost however.

Of course, with 90's architecture, you can... ;)

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I wonder if immunity against Spectre and Meltdown can be built into chips and when the first CPUs having it will be announced.

Anyway, I might replace my i3570K with some Ryzen+ this year.

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Wandering through stations! My cup of coffee!

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I think the only thing I don't like about them is that their engine is rather motion sickness prone. I got around it with some settings, but the Let's Players of my choice couldn't stand it in Talos Principle...

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I didn't play through all of the last Serious Sam, but I guess it will still be a must-buy.

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What are your hopes for SteamOS/Steam Machines in 2018?

I don't have any.
It seems SteamOS is more or less in maintanance mode, and companies probably won't do any Steam Machine launches anymore.

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Quoting: OLucasZanellaOnly games released in 2017 or also games ported in 2017 but released earlier?

Linux release (it's in the descriptions of the categories).

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Quoting: facePlantedI've read more than once that to have the game count as a Linux sale (in the Dev statistics), you need to install and run it on Linux within a couple of weeks.
This is what I've been doing with my latest purchases ... even when using the Steam client for Linux to buy the game, I install it immediately and run it for few seconds.
Is this still the case ?

I think you misread that.
When you're buying on Linux (and don't install on Windows), you're fine.
When you buy on Windows (or mobile or whatever), you need to install and run on Linux in the following days/weeks/noone knows for sure to make it a Linux sale.

Over Christmas holidays, I could only play on my wife's notebook, which unfortunately is running Windows. So I bought some little games (The Mooseman, Nelly Cootalot: The Fowl Fleet and Thaumistry: In Charms Way) some weeks before and installed and ran them under Linux, in the hope they will count as Linux sales...

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