http://www.techradar.com/news/patch-for-critical-bug-in-intel-cpus-could-potentially-slow-down-your-pc

A major bug in Intel’s processors can’t be fixed via a firmware update, and will require an operating system patch across Windows, Linux and macOS platforms – and the bad news is that this software patch could slow down PCs potentially by up to 30%.

There are multiple caveats when it comes to that scary looking percentage figure, which we’ll discuss momentarily, but there’s no doubting that this is a huge blunder by Intel.