>The cost is tiny for enormous security. Security and x86? I would maybe not hate this if there were a stipulation that these companies must move beyond x86 wi

>The cost is tiny for enormous security. Security and x86? I would maybe not hate this if there were a stipulation that these companies must move beyond x86 with a completely new architecture, something more reasonable for the modern era. Theres too much legacy crud that just muddies the waters when trying to learn how to program these contraptions. Maybe some way to completely disable speculative / out-of-order execution. What are WE getting out of this? By WE I mean non-giant-chip-conglomerate shareholders/welfare queens.