Re:Intel: Meltdown, Spectre silicon fixes coming 2018; 3D XP...
by userbinator on Saturday January 27, 2018 @01:03PM
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The worst case is when they manage to fix Spectre/Meltdown but then introduce a bunch of other errata in the process because they rushed it. The errata lists for modern processors are already disturbingly long, and this is for things that aren't "merely" timing side-channels but actual "not as designed" defects.
I wouldn't expect anything before Q3, but Q3 or Q4 shipping does seem plausible.