Re: How does the Skylake fix work?

From	"Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.intel, alt.electronics
Subject	Re: How does the Skylake fix work?
Date	2016-01-13 13:05 +0000
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On Wed, 13 Jan 2016 13:01:40 -0000, Trent <none@dev.null.pissof> wrote:

> On Wed, 13 Jan 2016 12:03:30 -0000 "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> wrote in
> Message id: <op.ya6ef4kx86ebyl@red.lan>:
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>> Just out of interest, how does a hardware bug in a CPU get fixed by a software BIOS update?  Isn't the bug a physical misconnection in the circuits?
>
> Microcode updates.
> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/microcode

So the bug was in the firmware of the CPU, not the physical circuitry?

I've never heard of or done a CPU firmware update.  Are they included with motherboard BIOS updates?

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How does the Skylake fix work? "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-13 12:03 +0000
  Re: How does the Skylake fix work? Trent <none@dev.null.pissof> - 2016-01-13 08:01 -0500
    Re: How does the Skylake fix work? "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-13 13:05 +0000
      Re: How does the Skylake fix work? "The Brain" <the brain@thebrain.com> - 2016-01-13 19:57 +0000
        Re: How does the Skylake fix work? "Colonel Edmund J. Burke" <burkesgurlz@t-girls.com> - 2016-01-14 09:51 -0800
        Re: How does the Skylake fix work? "Ian Field" <gangprobing.alien@ntlworld.com> - 2016-01-18 21:30 +0000
          Re: How does the Skylake fix work? "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-18 21:33 +0000
            Re: How does the Skylake fix work? "Ian Field" <gangprobing.alien@ntlworld.com> - 2016-01-18 21:41 +0000
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              Re: "Dumb Guy", The Rectum's Old Whore! LOL "Ian Field" <gangprobing.alien@ntlworld.com> - 2016-01-18 22:07 +0000
      Re: How does the Skylake fix work? Trent <none@dev.null.pissof> - 2016-01-14 06:37 -0500
        Re: How does the Skylake fix work? "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-14 14:29 +0000
          Re: How does the Skylake fix work? "Ian Field" <gangprobing.alien@ntlworld.com> - 2016-01-20 21:55 +0000
            Re: How does the Skylake fix work? "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-20 22:20 +0000
              Re: How does the Skylake fix work? "Ian Field" <gangprobing.alien@ntlworld.com> - 2016-01-21 18:33 +0000
                Re: How does the Skylake fix work? "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-21 18:57 +0000
                Re: How does the Skylake fix work? "Ian Field" <gangprobing.alien@ntlworld.com> - 2016-01-21 21:30 +0000
                Re: How does the Skylake fix work? "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-21 21:42 +0000
  Re: How does the Skylake fix work? "Ian Field" <gangprobing.alien@ntlworld.com> - 2016-01-21 22:17 +0000
    Re: How does the Skylake fix work? "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-02-18 19:57 +0000

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