Has Intel's Hyper-Threading support become a fundamental security problem? Theo de Raadt, founder of OpenBSD, argues that it has. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new ...

The OpenBSD project is killing off support for Intel CPU hyper-threading due to security concerns regarding the theoretical threat of more “Spectre-class bugs”. For those who came in late ...

Intel has shipped Hyper-Threading CPUs for well over a decade, even subtracting the Core 2 era when the technology wasn't used. For most of that time, Hyper-Threading has been a technology that 'just ...

Intel's powerful six-core, multi-threading i7-980X processor is finally being put to the test with the release of new gaming and graphics software capable of tapping many of the processor's 12 threads ...

What just happened? Hyper-Threading has been a longstanding feature in Intel CPUs, but that might change in the near future. According to a recent report, Intel's upcoming 15th-gen Core "Arrow Lake" ...

Following AMD yesterday, Intel has released details about its new Lunar Lake CPUs for Copilot+ PCs. The company has explained how, despite no HT, Windows gets the best performance out of it. Earlier ...

Intel first introduced Hyper-Threading (HT) technology with is Xeon CPU architecture back in 2002, over 20 years ago now, with simultaneous multithreading technology allowing physical cores inside of ...

"Hyper-Threading, as currently implemented on Intel Pentium Extreme Edition, Pentium 4, Mobile Pentium 4, and Xeon processors, suffers from a serious security flaw," said Colin Percival, a 23-year-old ...

What just happened? Intel will launch its Arrow Lake processor lineup for desktops and laptops later this year. A new leak has now revealed several interesting details about the chips, including a ...

The title says it all, but don’t throw out your gaming rig quite yet. This security hole affects mostly machines doing multi-user operations (think ‘webservers’ doing secure transactions) and is, ...