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Is that kind of hardware going to be available in 50 years?


Given how we don't even have ECC memory, we shouldn't hold our breaths...


In what concerns ARM and SPARC platforms, memory tagging is happening and being adopted by Apple/Google platforms, in what concerns Intel, it was yet again another from their screwups.


Interesting. Do Apple M1/Ax have memory tagging already?


Not 100% there, but pointer autentication is already a step into that direction.

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/security/preparing...

Meanwhile Google is doing the homework for Android.

"[Arm DevSummit - Ecosystem Talk] Improving Your Android App to Prevent Security Vulnerabilities"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkoOD4hmiGE

And regardless of one thinks of Oracle, Solaris SPARC has had it for ages.

https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E37838_01/html/E61059/gqajs.html




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