The OpenBSD project announced today plans to disable support for Intel CPU hyper-threading due to security concerns regarding the theoretical threat of more "Spectre-class bugs." Hyper-threading (HT) ...

Intel's Hyperthreading Technology (HT) is being blamed for server performance problems. With both SQL Server and Citrix Terminal Server installations, HT-enabled motherboards show markedly degraded ...

The maintainer of open source Unix-like operating system, OpenBSD, has announced that it will disable hyperthreading on Intel CPUs because of security concerns. It claims that simultaneous ...

Last week, developers on OpenBSD—the open source operating system that prioritizes security—disabled hyperthreading on Intel processors. Project leader Theo de Raadt said that a research paper due to ...

Our production SQL server is running dual 2.8Xeons, hyperthreaded.<BR><BR>The OS is Win2KSP4 and SQLServer7 (RTM).<BR><BR>We're experiencing a severe performance hit on some operations, and reading ...

Documents leaked by renowned leaker @yuuki_ans on X reveal that early Arrow Lake samples have Hyper Threading disabled by default, which to some has implied that Intel may be looking to launch its ...

Security researchers have uncovered a new system vulnerability within Intel CPUs. Zombieload, as the flaw is unfortunately called, could allow a nefarious hacker person to gain access to sensitive and ...

A new security report indicates issues with Hyper-Threading can leak cryptographic information in certain cases, but evidence points against this being a Spectre or Meltdown-class failure. Share on ...

Things are looking increasingly desperate for Intel on the processor front. With upstart AMD set to announce the world's first 16-core, 32-thread gaming processor tomorrow - the Ryzen 9 3950X - ...

Intel's Hyperthreading Technology (HT) is being blamed for server performance problems. With both SQL Server and Citrix Terminal Server installations, HT-enabled motherboards show markedly degraded ...