It's a pretty big deal to have an issue so deep in the interworking of the processor to cause such a breach of security. As a unix/linux enthusiast you trust separation as one of the core aspects of security and you don't expect the kernel to breach it and certainly not the chipset. It will be interesting to see where this goes, the impact and the potential exploits that will come from it.
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what measures to take?
The only thing at the moment is to apply the kernel patches to the OS for all the devices, and when patches come out for IOS and android to apply those as well. I am assuming we will find out more as time goes on. It is still pretty new and more info will emerge about how it is or can be exploited. The chip architecture will take time to fix with new chip sets - and one of the recently announced issues affects not only intel but other manufacturers as well. I would say continue to read everything that comes out about it. If you happen to know anyone in the hacker community (white-hat hackers), you might see if they are posting info as well.
well, we'll wait. I updated windows and became less engaged in surfing