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Also, the chip obviously doesn't need to wear out to become less preformant over time. Reliability is perhaps the wrong word, I think quality would suit better.

But in any case, if you have one chip that decreases in performance 10% per year due to security mitigations and another chip that remains consistently performant, it is something to consider when shopping.



> But in any case, if you have one chip that decreases in performance 10% per year due to security mitigations

Why would this be true?


Because security mitigations contained in micro code updates regularly impact performance.

I mean, no offense, but that is literally the focus of this article and this discussion.


This is a one time thing, where are you getting a pattern from?

You hallucinated 10% a year from a single incident and called it "reliability".




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