Haswell and broadwell undergo reboots from meltdown and specter patches

Issues for Intel processor users continue, apparently users of processors based on the Haswell and Broadwell architectures are having reboot issues due to patches that have been released for Meltdown and Specter.

Haswell and Broadwell undergo reboots from released patches

Intel CEO Brian Krzanich has promised that the company will remain fully transparent about the recent vulnerabilities that the Google Project Zero team has found in its processors.

Now Intel has confirmed that they have received reports from users complaining that their computers are restarting, after installing the patches that have been released to mitigate the Meltdown and Specter vulnerabilities. This problem is being suffered by teams based on the Haswell and Broadwell architectures, both at home and professional level in data centers.

He has also taken the opportunity to say that solutions to these problems will be provided through the usual channels, that is, in the form of updates from Windows Update and other operating systems, finally they remind us of the importance of keeping our system updated.

It seems that the solution of the problems related to Meltdown and Specter is not going to be as simple as Intel thought, this information comes after it was known that the performance in some video games is affected by these patches.

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