In the news today: https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/03/a-major-kernel-vulnerability-is-going-to-slow-down-all-intel-processors-2/
It seems that a serious flaw has been discovered in Intel chips, which allows userspace processes to potentially access kernel memory areas that are supposed to be protected. Both Windows and Linux developers are scrambling to patch the flaw, which is apparently going to reduce performance by up to 30%. Bad stuff.
I haven't been able to find a definitive list of precisely which Intel chips will be affected (please post if anyone can find it). Seems like another good reason to avoid Intel, if we can.
