[maxwell_smart]

The links that are included shed more light on things. The write-up linked is a little light on details, and I also expected an actual "flaw". What the other links show is a series of anecdotal reports that the k-series intel processors have been found by end-users to become unstable, and that setting more conservative power management settings in the BIOS helps these chips regain stability.

The argument is that Intel is selling chips that at their out-of-the-box recommended use patterns can wear out extra quickly, and by default are over-volted. So it's not a "flaw" so much as not having a great engineering safety margin for premature wear.

[paulmd]

the same series of videos that launched this, also confirm that chips like 13700T are degrading (or at least crashing). So it’s not nearly so simple as “too much power/voltage” - this is happening in 35W chips.

There are at least 2 causes and failures modes, intel has already confirmed eTVB=off was a problem and could cause degradation due to excessive heat. The other suspect right now is the ring bus degrading, perhaps.