I've been getting a fair number of questions about multi-threading the past couple of weeks. The reason is that Intel has been previewing its "Nehalem EX" Xeon processor in advance of Advanced Micro ...

Major side-channel exploits demonstrated the feasibility of programs extracting data from a program in an adjacent thread in the same core. Here's how and why to ...

Researchers have detailed the SQUIP attack, which is particularly worrisome for users of AMD Zen 1, Zen 2 and Zen 3 processors. Researchers were able measure the precise degree of Scheduler Queue ...

In a recent blog post, AMD’s Robert Hallock recently posted an update on some of the big issues currently surrounding the new Ryzen processor including thread scheduling, temperature reporting, power ...

The exploit Dan is so breathlessly ranting about isn't particularly a vulnerability in SMT. We know SMT allows you to do timing attacks, but so does a lot of other things. SMT simply makes it easier ...