Summary of the week of May 3, 2021

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Another vulnerability in x86 CPUs

Another security flaw has been found that again involves speculative execution. It affects Intel and AMD processors and is immune to the mitigations introduced for Spectre so far.

Shared libraries don't work

That's Torvalds' opinion on one of the basic principles of packaging in Linux. He actually says that sharing libraries is fine for core software where versioning is respected, but for smaller programs, it's not a good idea.

Core i5-10400T

Krampak brings us another CPU in all modes. It's another Comet Lake, this time with 6 cores and HT. Its performance is halfway between the i5-9500T and the i5-8500. It's in ninth position of the 13 Comet Lakes we have and is positioned in the middle of the table in the overall ranking.

Backblaze statistics for the first quarter

HGST manages to remain the most reliable manufacturer for another year while Seagate repeats the worst results.

The umpteenth death of Flash Player

This time the stab comes from Microsoft, which will eliminate the player through a Windows update that will be mandatory starting in July.

Wireless mouse vs wired

The difference in latency between these two types of mice is a typical debate that is almost more ideological than scientific. In this video, they have done a comparison and have seen that if the mouse is of certain quality, the latency of a wireless one is the same as that of a wired one.

On jump prediction

In this entry, they have written an interesting article about the consequences of using too many if conditionals.

IBM creates the first 2nm chip

This node has a density similar to TSMC's improved 3nm.