[EgoIncarnate]

Meltdown is not only Intel. Some ARM and Apple designed ARM processors are affected by Meltdown as well. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meltdown_(security_vulnerabili...

[makomk]

There are no products on the market shipping with the one ARM-designed processor affected by Meltdown.

[EgoIncarnate]

I think that's mainly out of luck. If the exploit had been discovered two years later, the story would likely be different. Apple has been much more ambitious with their ARM processor designs and has shipping iOS and AppleTV products affected by Meltdown.

Shipping or not, it illustrates, that Intel was not unique.

[HugoDaniel]

Now can you argue that the given faulty design was not directly influenced by Intel conscious and deliberate bad decisions ?

[EgoIncarnate]

I'm not sure what kind of answer you are expecting. All I am saying is that Intel is not uniquely in the wrong here. There is a whole industry of bad decisions. Whether the decisions were conscious, or only obvious in hindsight I can't say.

[djrogers]

What’s your source for the Apple claim, as your link doesn’t support it.

[EgoIncarnate]

"Apple has already released mitigations in iOS 11.2, macOS 10.13.2, and tvOS 11.2 to help defend against Meltdown. To help defend against Spectre, Apple has released mitigations in iOS 11.2.2, the macOS High Sierra 10.13.2 Supplemental Update, and Safari 11.0.2 for macOS Sierra and OS X El Capitan. Apple Watch is not affected by either Meltdown or Spectre." https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208394