> For context, on newer CPUs such as on Skylake and > beyond, Intel has refined the instructions used to > disable branch speculation to be more specifi

> For context, on newer CPUs such as on Skylake and > beyond, Intel has refined the instructions used to > disable branch speculation to be more specific to > indirect branches, reducing the overall performance > penalty of the Spectre mitigation. https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/microsoftsecure/2018/01/09/understanding-the-performance-impact-of-spectre-and-meltdown-mitigations-on-windows-systems/ https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/microsoftsecure/2018/01/09/...