They found that because of a flaw in modern chip architecture, designed for speed over security, the chip kernel could be exposed. (techcrunch.com)
Intel's Navin Shenoy released the results of several benchmarks done internally, and the performance hit from the deeply rooted processor problem disclosed by Google researchers is mercifully small for modern chips. (techcrunch.com)
Spectre and Meltdown are vulnerabilities in modern chip design that could allow attackers to bypass system protections on nearly every recent PC, server and smartphone (techrepublic.com)