[Info-vax] What Linux architectures are not susceptible to meltdown or spectre?

[DaveFroble]

Nomen Nescio wrote:
> In article <e66713528ffe8ca0a8b2e79e2133037d at dizum.com>
> Nomen Nescio <nobody at dizum.com> wrote:
>>>> Subject: Re: What Linux architectures are not susceptible to
>>>> meltdown or spectre
>>>   The problem is chip based, not OS based.
>> Right.  But there are other chips on which Linux runs, such as various
>> RISC chips.  What currently available computers use one of these other
>> chips?
>>
>>>  So all OSs are susceptible.
>> Not those running on chips other than Intel, AMD, or ARM.
> 
> I don't have any issues with my Alphas.
> 
> But then Alpha processors were designed by smarter engineers 
> than Intel's H1B clowns.
> 

One might be surprised to find out how many of those Intel and AMD chip people 
were also the ones who worked on Alpha.

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