1. a) Define chip and processor as used in the article.
b) What is the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team? What is the Software Engineering Institute? What is the purpose of each agency? (check their websites or wikipedia entries for an explanation)

2. a) What problem was revealed by researchers on Wednesday? Be specific.
b) Who will be impacted by this? Be specific.

3. a) Describe how Meltdown and Spectre flaws would work.
b) How many devices have been hacked by them so far?

4. What actions did the government recommend consumers take to protect their devices from these breaches?

5. What are Microsoft, Google, Amazon and Apple doing to address the vulnerabilities?

6. a) What has been done since Project Zero alerted chipmakers to the chip flaws in June?
b) How have Intel and other chipmakers responded to the discovery of the flaws?

7. a) What potential problem could result from implementing the patch?
b) Would this potential problem affect your decision to update your devices? Explain your answer.