Microprocessor
Speculative meltdown
Security flaws exploit speculative execution on a microprocessor, to create side-channels that bypass security mechanisms used to protect data in the memory.
System-on-Chip, and what it promises
One does sometimes wonder if the world would be a different place if the smartphone market developed like the PC market, where one could assemble custom hardware and load it with any software they liked instead, writes Dr Shawn Tan.