[Cryptography] Does RISC V solve Spectre ?

[jamesd at echeque.com]

On 3/24/2018 3:37 PM, Nico Williams wrote:
> It definitely is more complex: for the compiler writers.  They now have
> to repeat this exercise for every release of a CPU.  And software needs
> to be recompiled for each CPU release, or else JITed -- which means it's
> more complex for others too.

Changing the compiler is easier than changing the CPU.

Looks to me that the only reason for doing the changes in the CPU is 
because that is private intellectual property, while changes in the 
compiler are going to get covered by the GNU license.