IDF August 2005 :: Intel ditch HT technology
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Intel have just stated that HT is not going to feature in their next architecture. This is a bit of a shock since they spent months messaging us that HT would be the most important move in microprocessor development, Intel have removed it (read - not included it) in their next generation processor.
http://www.hexus.net/content/reviews...lld19JRD0xNTA0
More details on HT security issues
Hi, I have found some links with details of the possible HT security issues.
Here is the original paper that kicked it all of:
http://www.daemonology.net/papers/htt.pdf
(It is long and technical BTW)
Kernel trap then reported the issue for Linux and FreeBSD