SHLD isn't Any Faster than IMUL

https://software.intel.com/sites/default/files/managed/9e/bc/64-ia-32-architectures-optimization-manual.pdf


see instruction latency appendix. That means you can multiply without any hacks. But division is still much more expensive than right shift.

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Security is overrated, and such exploits are rather hard to leverage. Still no news of somebody using even that Metldown to steal a single USD, yet Intel and AMD will make billions selling new immune hardware.