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Originally Posted by Finger Cookin

Don't worry, it's not just Intel CPUs. It's every modern processor.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018...ecurity-flaws/

Again, read the article. There are two distinct bugs, Spectre and Meltdown. Spectre affects everyone, Meltdown affects Intel only and is the one that causes the performance hit at the kernel level.