Alaric Snell-Pym

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2026-07-05T19:13:28Z

Alaric Snell-Pym@kitten_tech@fosstodon.org

Replying to @CppGuy@infosec.space

@CppGuy sure, but what bugs have yet to be found in the LATEST chips? 🤷

I reckon x86 CPUs are so complex they've crossed the event horizon of always-gonna-be-buggy, and ARM probably isn't far behind. Dunno about RISCV though...

2026-07-05T18:52:52Z

Alaric Snell-Pym@kitten_tech@fosstodon.org

Replying to @CppGuy@infosec.space

@CppGuy I'd also worry whether more recent CPUs have more (and not yet widely known and mitigated) flaws, too - maybe we all need to use 5yo CPUs but keep upgrading whenever they reach 7yo!