In this particular area though, it works both ways. Intel has so many researchers and resources, they are able to pursue tons of speculative execution / CPU doi

In this particular area though, it works both ways. Intel has so many researchers and resources, they are able to pursue tons of speculative execution / CPU doing something you wouldn't imagine it normally does experiments, and many of these find their way into their CPUs. A company with less resources might have less vulnerabilities of this nature simply because they don't have the resources to focus on that stuff in the first place. Just a theory.