Re: Intel "shouldn't be selling CPUs?"
"This isn't a bug, the chips work as expected"
I suppose that depends on how you define "bug". By my definition, this is definitely a bug (unless being vulnerable to a side-channel attack was intended) -- a bug in design rather than execution, but a bug nonetheless.
"a lot of the press, especially the less technical press are making it out like this is a huge bug that should've been noticed"
I agree that this is a mischaracterization by the press. This was a very subtle thing, and it's hard to fault engineers for not noticing it.
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