Shockingly, these bugs have been reported not only in the processors manufactured by the market leader Intel, but also by its competitor AMD and ARM. That gave birth to Semiconductor Chip Protection Act (SCPA) of 1984. Thus, it will not be surprising to see a spate of litigation against almost all these companies, but primarily against Intel. Knowing the penchant of the American judiciary for awarding excessively high damages, Intel must have ready itself for a huge dent. These two bugs may truly be like Intel digging its own grave for the last so many years, and presently if it is not agile and astute in handling the situation deftly, it may find itself inside the grave with the epitaph “Intel Inside.”The author is a professor at IIM-A

Source: dna January 07, 2018 02:26 UTC