https://www.pcgamer.com/intel-catches-heat-for-cpu-benchmarking-clause-responds-to-complaints/ > Intel has been issuing microcode updates for several weeks now address a range of side channel attack vectors affecting its processors, including Spectre, Meltdown, and more recently one called an L1 Terminal Fault. For whatever reason, Intel updated the license for its most recent microcode update to forbid sites from publishing benchmark data. > Here is the controversial snippet of the updated license, with the important part bolded (by us):