> The new desktop processors include protections for the security vulnerabilities commonly referred to as "Spectre", "Meltdown" and "L1TF". These protections in

> The new desktop processors include protections for the security vulnerabilities commonly referred to as "Spectre", "Meltdown" and "L1TF". These protections include a combination of the hardware design changes we announced earlier this year as well as software and microcode updates. > * Speculative side channel variant Spectre V2 (Branch Target Injection) = Microcode + Software > * Speculative side channel variant Meltdown V3 (Rogue Data Cache Load) = Hardware > * Speculative side channel variant Meltdown V3a (Rogue System Register Read) = Microcode > * Speculative side channel variant V4 (Speculative Store Bypass) = Microcode + Software > * Speculative side channel variant L1 Terminal Fault = Hardware [1] https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/spectre-and-meltdown-hardware-protection-added-to-intels-9th-gen-cpus/ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/spectre-and-m...