Do Spectre, Meltdown Threaten Feds' Rush to the Cloud?

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Spectre and Meltdown both take advantage of speculative execution, a technique designed to speed up computer processing by allowing a processor to start executing instructions before completing the security checks necessary to ensure the action is allowed, Gadwale says. “Imagine we're in a track ...

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