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Meltdown and Spectre: Exploits and Mitigation Strategies

In an earlier blog post , we analyzed the performance impact of Meltdown and Spectre on big data workloads in the cloud. In...
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Meltdown and Spectre's Performance Impact on Big Data Workloads in the Cloud

Last week, the details of two industry-wide security vulnerabilities, known as Meltdown and Spectre , were released. These exploits enable cross-VM and cross-process...
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Next Generation Physical Planning in Apache Spark

Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway. — Andrew Tanenbaum, 1981 magine a cold, windy...