[dayglored]

> Unless you have one of these 6th Generation Skylake processors it doesn't affect you, does it?

That's correct. Both the article and all my comments are very clear on that fact.

Why? Did you find a statement to the contrary?

[dayglored]

To be precise, Skylake or later (e.g. Kaby Lake).

And the situation for Skylake CPUs is mixed. According to Microsoft, selected manufacturers will continue support for Win7/8.1 on Skylake CPUs, but all others are out of luck. The article has some pretty clear details and links to more info.