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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink26•3 months agoThe real thing is: can you update the microcode of older CPUs? If not then it’s a marketing strategy.
minus-squareCousin MoselinkfedilinkEnglish21•edit-23 months agoI mean, it’s still good to know if you’re vulnerable right (for sake of discussion)?
minus-square@stunerlink16•3 months agoIt sounds like the criterion is “is newer microcode available”. So it doesn’t look like a marketing strategy to sell new CPUs.
minus-squarenanooklinkfedilink10•3 months ago@GolfNovemberUniform @captainkangaroo Yes and Linux includes software to do this.
The real thing is: can you update the microcode of older CPUs? If not then it’s a marketing strategy.
I mean, it’s still good to know if you’re vulnerable right (for sake of discussion)?
It sounds like the criterion is “is newer microcode available”. So it doesn’t look like a marketing strategy to sell new CPUs.
@GolfNovemberUniform @captainkangaroo Yes and Linux includes software to do this.