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		bonzini on May 1, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: New x86 micro-op vulnerability breaks all known Sp... That failed for good reasons. Itanium processors ended up using out of order execution and speculation just like everyone else, because the compilers just don't have enough information compared to an out of order execution engine.

Paianni on May 2, 2021 [–]

From Poulson onwards anyway. https://www.realworldtech.com/poulson/

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