Компания Intel обновила условия лицензии на микрокод исправляющий уязвимость L1TF и запретила тем самым публикацию результатов тестирования и сравнения производительности процессоров.
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UPD: После негативной реакции пользователей на новость о запрете публикации результатов бэнчмарков, в Intel всё же решили убрать даное ограничение из текста лицензионного соглашения:
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