- AMD (NASDAQ:AMD) shares drop following a Yahoo (NASDAQ:AABA) Finance interview with CEO Lisa Su, who admits the company’s chips were affected by the Spectre security flaw.
- Key quote: “To clarify, for Meltdown, AMD is not susceptible. We don’t have a susceptibility to that variant. But with Spectre, AMD is susceptible.”
- As Google (NASDAQ:GOOGL) outlined in a blog post earlier today, the Spectre flaw comes in two variants Google called Variant 1 and Variant 2 while Meltdown was Variant 3. Variant 2 was the hardest problem to resolve.
- AMD shares are down 3.6% aftermarket.
- Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) shares are down 1.6%.
- Previously: Intel unveils security updates, self-driving car (Jan. 9)
- Previously: Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) suspends some chip patches due to PC freezing (Jan. 9)
- Previously: Nvidia rolling out patches for chip security flaw (Jan. 10)
- Now read: Intel Has A Tough CES And Shows Little Promise For 2018
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