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Intel's Design Flaw Is a Small But Welcome Opportunity for AMD
Even a small window can feel like a massive opening.
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AMD is the sad sack of semiconductor makers. A security hole in its biggest rival's computer chips gives it a small opening to change its fortunes.
The bad news for Intel Corp. was a report that a design flaw in its widely used computer chips has made many personal computers vulnerable to hackers for about a decade. The public has become used to a constant stream of bad news about cyberattacks, but this Intel flaw is potentially the mother of all bad cybernews. Intel responded to say that it's working on the vulnerability and that other companies' chips have the potential to be exploited in similar ways.