“Intel continues to partner with Microsoft to advance the security of Windows PC platforms. The introduction of Microsoft Pluton into future Intel CPUs will further enable integration between Intel hardware and the Windows operating system.” – Mike Nordquist, Sr. Director, Commercial Client Security, Intel.
^^^^^^^^^
Because we ALL know how secure Intel is with their cpu's.... "Besides Meltdown and Spectre, other transient attacks were eventually discovered during the past two years, including the likes of Foreshadow, Zombieload, RIDL, Fallout, and LazyFP." "LVI's position in all these attacks is, technically, of a reverse-Meltdown. While the original Meltdown bug allowed attackers to read an app's data from inside a CPU's memory while in a transient state, LVI allows the attacker to inject code inside the CPU and have it executed as a transient "temporary" operation, giving attackers more control over what happens." 3 Patches and counting in less than 1 years time.?https://www.engadget.com/2020-01-27-intel-third-mds-patch.html
Not to mention the old processors they threw under the bus because it was too much trouble for too little return.https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/intel-not-patching-spectre-older-cpu/
I trust MS partnering with the cpu makers for security about as much as I trust those "free" money emails I keep getting along with the girls who want to meet me.?