Many intel laptops could be improved significantly. But because a few could exploit that, many have to pay the price of hotter, noisier, less powerful and less energy efficient laptops.
I guess I'm not interesting enough for hackers to mess with processor voltage so I'll keep it quieter. Or perhaps it was indeed patched.
https://archive.is/4Mtnq
The wired article also mentions it is patched though. So maybe it has to do with avoiding a “non advertised throttle” lawsuit.