On an individual level, it's much less I'd think. Inciting a panic could be life changing amounts of money for the researchers, paid out by the hedge fund retur

On an individual level, it's much less I'd think. Inciting a panic could be life changing amounts of money for the researchers, paid out by the hedge fund returns. AMD isn't going to crash and burn over these flaws anymore than Intel (at 5 year high) did.