Intel fights again in newest Product Safety report, claiming Nvidia GPUs had ‘solely high-severity vulnerabilities’

Intel seems to have taken purpose at AMD and Nvidia of their newest product safety report, claiming the latter’s GPUs solely had “excessive severity vulnerabilities” final 12 months. The report, which is now in its sixth 12 months, goals to supply a ‘clear evaluation of the product vulnerabilities Intel disclosed in 2024’. The findings revealed that 96% of the vulnerabilities addressed had been found by means of Intel’s ‘proactive product safety assurance efforts’. In the meantime, 100% of the Intel processor vulnerabilities addressed had been ‘found by means of inside safety analysis’, it’s claimed.

Nevertheless, Intel additionally claimed AMD reported 4.4x extra firmware vulnerabilities of their {hardware} root-of-trust in comparison with them. Elsewhere, the report additionally claims that AMD reported 1.8x extra firmware vulnerabilities of their confidential computing applied sciences than Intel. The report additionally claims that within the GPU class, NVIDIA had “solely high-severity vulnerabilities (18) in 2024”. As compared, the findings present that Intel had the fewest variety of GPU vulnerabilities in 2024 at 10, whereas AMD had 13.

Final 12 months, 72% of NVIDIA GPU-related vulnerabilities had the potential to permit an attacker to execute code of their selection, the report claims.

Whereas the outcomes paint a considerably constructive image for Intel, the chipmaker nonetheless has an extended approach to go if it’s to claw again the lead from AMD.

Lately, Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates revealed that he hoped Intel may get well, however admitted the corporate has ‘misplaced its means’. “They missed the AI chip revolution, and with their fabrication capabilities, they don’t even use requirements that individuals like Nvidia and Qualcomm discover simple,” he stated. “I assumed Pat Gelsinger was very courageous to say, ‘No, I’m going to repair the design facet, I’m going to repair the fab facet.’ I hoped for his sake, for the nation’s sake, that he would achieve success. I hope Intel recovers, nevertheless it appears fairly robust for them at this stage.”