[factoryrat]

Are any of these “vulnerabilities” actually being exploited as of this date? And by whom?

Or is this an attempt by the chip makers and OS firms to force some hardware/software turnover through scare tactics?

How many of these “vulnerabilities” are actually discovered outside of an OEM R&D department?

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Microsoft's testing revealed a "small number" of antivirus programs are making unsupported calls into Windows kernel memory, which result in blue screen of death (BSOD) errors.

http://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-meltdown-spectre-patches-if-you-havent-got-them-blame-your-antivirus/

[MeganC]

I suspect that these ‘flaws’ are just more backdoors that the NSA forced companies like AMD and Intel to build into our devices.