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From: Wols Lists <antlists@××××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] AMD microcode updates - where are they?!
Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2019 20:16:50
Message-Id: 5D2A3C2A.2080205@youngman.org.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] AMD microcode updates - where are they?! by Mick
1 On 13/07/19 20:23, Mick wrote:
2 > Thanks Corbin, I wonder if despite articles about microcode patch releases to
3 > deal with spectre and what not, there are just no patches made available for
4 > my aging AMD CPUs.
5
6 Or Spectre and what not are Intel specific ...
7
8 I know a lot of the reports said many of the exploits don't work on AMD.
9 It's something to do with the way Intel has implemented speculative
10 execution, and AMD doesn't use that technique.
11
12 Cheers,
13 Wol

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Re: [gentoo-user] AMD microcode updates - where are they?! Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o>