Amd will also patch its processors against specter

When the Meltdown and Specter vulnerabilities were discovered, AMD's first reaction was to claim that their processors are at no risk, something that seems to be no longer so clear after they have announced that they are going to patch their processors against Specter.

AMD updates its processors against Specter

AMD, from Mark Papermaster, has confirmed that they are working on a new CPU microcode and a new update for the operating system in order to mitigate the vulnerability and protect users.

The first AMD processors to be patched will be those based on the Zen architecture, that is, the Ryzen and the Threadripper. The rest of the processors in its catalog will be patched over the next few weeks. AMD has not made any reference to a possible impact of these updates on the performance of its processors.

Until now AMD has not been in the eye of the hurricane because its processors are not affected by Meltdown, the most serious vulnerability that only affects Intel processors. However, if they are affected by Specter like the rest of the modern processors on the market, both x86-based and ARM-based.

Nvidia confirms that its GPUs are immune to Specter

Lastly, they remind us that their Radeon GPUs are not affected by either Meltdown or Specter, as is the case with Nvidia graphics cards. The explanation for this is very simple, the GPUs are not based on speculative execution so there is no way that they can be affected.

We'll be on the lookout for new information on patching AMD processors.

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