This is probably the most enlightening thing I've ever read about modern CPU microarchitecture. Reading this, it becomes apparent how hard it is to prevent side

This is probably the most enlightening thing I've ever read about modern CPU microarchitecture. Reading this, it becomes apparent how hard it is to prevent side-channel information leaks in general. Anyone who read this back in July could have concluded that Intel CPUs are possibly vulnerable to some side-channel attack, but the author just didn't figure out how to exploit the leak he found.