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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink29•4 days agoThe real thing is: can you update the microcode of older CPUs? If not then it’s a marketing strategy.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink17•4 days agoIt sounds like the criterion is “is newer microcode available”. So it doesn’t look like a marketing strategy to sell new CPUs.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish23•edit-24 days agoI mean, it’s still good to know if you’re vulnerable right (for sake of discussion)?
minus-squarenanooklinkfedilink11•4 days ago@GolfNovemberUniform @captainkangaroo Yes and Linux includes software to do this.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink7•4 days agoThe article does specify that it would report if the newest version of the firmware for the CPU family is not installed, so it doesn’t seem like this is that particular kind of BS.
The real thing is: can you update the microcode of older CPUs? If not then it’s a marketing strategy.
It sounds like the criterion is “is newer microcode available”. So it doesn’t look like a marketing strategy to sell new CPUs.
I mean, it’s still good to know if you’re vulnerable right (for sake of discussion)?
@GolfNovemberUniform @captainkangaroo Yes and Linux includes software to do this.
The article does specify that it would report if the newest version of the firmware for the CPU family is not installed, so it doesn’t seem like this is that particular kind of BS.