At first I was somewhat sceptical about these reports regarding critical instability with 13/14 gen intel desktop CPUs. Not saying there wasn't an issue, but the "tech news cycle" does have a tendency for sensationalism and drama.
But I am starting to wonder if there is some sort of fundamental problem with the 13/14 gen at least for consumer CPUs (I can't imagine something like this would be tolerated in their Xeon server line).