IF I'm reading this right, a separate, major flaw was discovered three months ago in AMD processors: http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Jan/12
@JWilliams the chip not hip
@itsgreekgirl It looks like this one was fixed with a firmware update in December.
@JWilliams Apple does not use and processors apparently they looked at them in 2011 and didn’t use them
@JWilliams AMD damm spell check
@JWilliams yes there was something on the news that said the hip inside but Apple and others are issuing a patch today..... but I looked for it and couldn’t find any patch in updates so IDK