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OK, there is definite error on news item. Where to report that error so that it gets fixed? Generally. I commented two times about an error on forums and tagged writer two times, still error still persists.
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Because AMD CPUs make memory access privilege check before execution, AMD CPUs are not vulnerable to Meltdown at all (Intel CPUs are because they do privilege check After execution).
New Intel CPU vulnerability discovered, no new mitigations planned for "Indirector"
Recently published research has exposed a security flaw affecting 12th, 13th, and 14th-generation Intel processors. Similar to Spectre, Meltdown, and Downfall, it could cause the processors to...

Meanwhile, Meltdown impacts Intel, AMD, and Arm systems.
Because AMD CPUs make memory access privilege check before execution, AMD CPUs are not vulnerable to Meltdown at all (Intel CPUs are because they do privilege check After execution).