Intel responds to reports of processor security flaw, says other manufacturers are affected

Intel has now responded to recent reports of a security flaw in its processors, countering the notion that the issue is Intel-specific and claiming that performance impacts from potential fixes "should not be significant" for the average user.

Initial reports suggested that the security flaw, which reportedly would allow attackers to access sensitive information such as passwords and files cached on a disk, affects Intel processors released over the past 10 years. However, in its response, Intel says that the issue isn't unique to Intel products, and the company is working with other vendors on a solution. From Intel:

Intel is committed to product and customer security and is working closely with many other technology companies, including AMD, ARM Holdings and several operating system vendors, to develop an industry-wide approach to resolve this issue promptly and constructively.

Intel also used its response to push back on the idea that forthcoming fixes will have a "significant" impact on performance.

Contrary to some reports, any performance impacts are workload-dependent, and, for the average computer user, should not be significant and will be mitigated over time.

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