Using latest Intel® Compilers to Mitigate Speculative Execution Side-Channel Issues

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Using latest Intel® Compilers to Mitigate Speculative Execution Side-Channel Issues

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The Intel Parallel Studio XE 2018 (IPSXE2018) Update 2 has been released together with the Intel compiler 18.0.2. This version of Intel compiler provides the fix for Spectre variant 2. Please refer to this article for more information - https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/using-intel-compilers-to-mitigate-speculative-execution-side-channel-issues.

We will keep you posted when any additional fixes will be available.

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