The original specifications generally include "secure"... which you cannot operate it within without sacrificing other parts of the original spec.
The problem isn't that they made the patch, it's that they made a defective part in the first place. The patch just fails to cure the fact that they made a defective part.
It affects the entire class of products from all manufacturers to various degrees. No one making an out of order, speculative processor has made claims about immunity to all timing attacks, no less specifications promising that.
The problem isn't that they made the patch, it's that they made a defective part in the first place. The patch just fails to cure the fact that they made a defective part.