Reply to post: Was it a flaw?

Meltdown, Spectre bug patch slowdown gets real – and what you can do about it

Miss_X2m1

Was it a flaw?

Why does everyone imagine this was a flaw in the chips? I think it was a deliberate backdoor built into the chips for governments but the information about the backdoor is now out in the wild so they have to close the backdoor. I can't image this is some type of flaw....nope.

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