I haven’t really read much about anything but software fixes for the issue - which are noted to cause a performance drop.
Has there been any talk that newly made chips won’t have these issues? Will it be gone at least post-Coffeelake (the next generation onwards)? Or is this an issue that’s not feasibly fixable hardware-level and they’re not going to?
I know I’ve heard of stuff like security flaws in RAM that are over a decade old and most manufacturers just NEVER fixed them because it was too much of a hassle - sorta just swept it under the rug.
I know that there is / going to be software fixes/precautions added, but do they intend to actually fix the root problem directly for future processors, or are they just going to use software-side fixes as a crutch, hide behind PR talk, and hope people just forget about it?
I mean, my understanding is that this issue only came to be in the first place because of unethical approaches chip manufactures used to make faster chips without considering security. If this whole problem arose due to unethical practices then I imagine it’d be silly to think they’ll do the ethical thing and fix it now.
But I just wanted to know if there’s any real talk of fixing the real problem physically.
Just thought I’d bring this thought up.