The controversy continues to shake Intel, the scandal over security flaws that could be affecting their products around the world and slowing down the way they work on computers is disenchanting many users. Precisely this news catches Intel in low hours, the fall in PC sales and its poor adaptation to the world of mobile telephony is taking its toll.
According to official information, Intel will patch all processors less than 5 years old by the end of the month to end Meltdown and Specter, and we are not quite clear yet how this will affect older devices.
Although the CEO of the firm, Brian Krzanich, reported that 90% of processors less than five years old were already updated with the patch that solved this problem, he himself has seen fit to inform the media that Intel is going to ensure that the remaining 10% also receive its update so as not to be subjected to the worldwide security problem that we have encountered. Theoretically, this is how the controversy would finally end and this security breach would be completely sealed, at least whoever did not solve the problem has had time.
Criticism is that these updates could limit the power of the processor or affect performance, especially of those who are older, almost up to 30% of the total, so they excused themselves:
We expect some to have a greater impact than others, so we will continue to work with industry to minimize the impact on workload over time.
We have no choice but to rush to update our devices and settle for what they offer us and try to protect ourselves with the tools we have at our disposal.