AMD won't patch all chips affected by severe data theft vulnerability — older Ryzen models will not get patched for 'Sinkclose' [Updated]
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AMD says some chips fall outside of the software support window.

Here we are - 3600 which was still under manufacture 2-3 years ago are not get patched. Shame on you AMD, if it is true.

  • cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    51·
    3 months ago

    They aren’t patching CPUs that were released 5 years ago.

    They should be patching back to Ryzen 1 since those are still perfectly good CPUs. 5-7 years really isn’t that old considering how little improvement there is with each generation.

    • RedWeasel@lemmy.worldEnglish
      31·
      3 months ago

      Sure, not much per gen, but if you compare say a 1700x vs the current 9700x, you are roughly looking at a 3x improvement in single and multicore performance increase.

      • Chee_Koala@lemmy.worldEnglish
        151·
        3 months ago

        Most of desktop users don’t care at all about these gains. Slap in normal ram and an SSD and a 1000 series Ryzen is ready to be a run of the mill desktop, that browses and can show media no problem.

        I care! But I’m a power user. Most aren’t.

        • RedWeasel@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          3 months ago

          I suppose that is true. Intel seems to think so as well as their low power n100 is about the performance of a 1500x.