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PowerPC is not immune to Spectre.

http://tenfourfox.blogspot.com/2018/01/is-powerpc-susceptible-to-spectre-yep.html

Stolen meme from Tumblr.

src: https://defectivealtruist.tumblr.com/post/169366118956

https://cybre.space/media/bOZMirN7BJ-DLPVaPMk

RT @LoboLoc0@twitter.com: Porgi. A PORGI. WHY INTERNET.

SiFive are on a path towards making libre RiscV CPUs.

RISC-V is an open, free ISA enabling a new era of processor innovation through OPEN standard collaboration.

Naturally then, these are coming with libre firmware. Rumor has it they'll be available late 2018. These should be both more libre than libreboot devices (since the hardware is o/s as well) and faster (64-bit, multicore).

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https://www.sifive.com/products/freedom/

#SiFive #RiscV #CPU #libre #free #processors #libreboot

There's some even beefier #RISCV #Freedom platforms by #SiFive.

At 1.6 GHz, 64-bit and up to 8 cores each SoC, (as well as gigabit Ethernet, USB 3, PCIe 3, and DDR4) it looks to be competitive with #x86 zombies.

Just need some awesome new #FOSS computing environment on there!

https://www.sifive.com/products/freedom/

#hacktheplanet

https://cybre.space/media/l5D3cmv5Squ2WO1Cwro https://cybre.space/media/Wy3Zzqwxc-OdnBWIa5o https://cybre.space/media/H5dVoFbHHV1O8rSZae4 https://cybre.space/media/ZvzP5eCm026KQ8LoQBQ

Apparently *all* the boards (and SoCs) on the market require some software blobs to function properly, except only some FLOSSi #RISC-V ones. #SiFive

Very interesting: "Finding a CPU Design Bug in the Xbox 360"
https://randomascii.wordpress.com/2018/01/07/finding-a-cpu-design-bug-in-the-xbox-360/

"Disclosure of the #Meltdown and #Spectre vulnerabilities, which affect mainly Intel CPUs, was handled "in an incredibly bad way" by both Intel and Google, the leader of the #OpenBSD project Theo de Raadt claims.": https://www.itwire.com/security/81338-handling-of-cpu-bug-disclosure-incredibly-bad-openbsd-s-de-raadt.html