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[-] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago

Most likely. Windows update (or the Linux equivalent on your platform) will download updated microcode to load at boot time to basically be a software patch for hardware issues. At least, that's how it was explained when the original speculative execution flaw was discovered and Intel was releasing foxes and shit for it.

[-] amanda@aggregatet.org 2 points 11 months ago

and Intel was releasing foxes and shit

I realise this is an autocorrect error, but it’s still funny 🦊

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