Hard as I try...
I can't picture chipmakers fixing these vulns in hardware and comercialising the new chips in less than two years. The amount of work involved in updating the designs for most of their market niches has to be a humongous nightmare! 8^(
I'm curious about whether it'd be possible to create a Linux version that can't be affected by these exploits, if neccesary with the help of new programming tools and mandatory programming standards.
This situation has a good chance of turning hundreds of millions of old(ish) PCs into linux stations.
PD: We definitely need a Keep-On-Dreaming Icon! 8^)