I don't quite get all this griping about one company or another such as this company doesn't give one hoot about security much better with this.
If one thing that can learned from various security warnings over the years is that everyone suffers from them, in some case they can be patched without issue in others (which is unfortunately the case here) the patch causes a performance hit.
For those crowing about AMD here was a security issue on their Opteron
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/03/06/amd_microcode_6000836_fix/
Luckily for them it could be fixed with a microcode update.
A lot of big American companies are risk averse due to the large fines that can be imposed for negligence, however humans are involved in all parts of the process so mistakes can, will and are made.
Lessons will be learned but unfortunately another issue will slip through.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
