Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities were disclosed to the computer world in early January. The problem was more complex and destructive than it appeared. It went deep enough to threaten the supposedly secure data enclaves (Intel calls it SGX) that were there to stop one part of memory from accessing another more secure part of the same memory. Software vendors are scrambling to patch their software to reflect this situation. The true solution is going to require new CPU hardware that does things differently, not just some kludge.”]