I just saw this article at the register. https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/03/05/spoiler_intel_processor_flaw/ quote: Leakage ... is visible in all Intel generations starting from first-gen Core CPUs ...which makes me wonder if Itanium2 chips are vulnerable. Neil Rieck Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. http://neilrieck.net/OpenVMS.html