Yeah, I couldn’t believe it when I read that my 5 yo 3700X was not gonna get patched. I would have had a hard time buying another Ryzen when my platform upgrade is due in 2-3 years’ time.
This is my assumption, so I’ve been watching my motherboard’s OEM’s support site for an update to drop. I find it absolutely maddening that of the 20 or so articles I’ve read on this matter, not a single fucking one has mentioned how less educated users might go about patching this vulnerability. The tech journalists care about the clicks and literally nothing else.
Yeah, I couldn’t believe it when I read that my 5 yo 3700X was not gonna get patched. I would have had a hard time buying another Ryzen when my platform upgrade is due in 2-3 years’ time.
Microcode is usually bundled with bios updates.
This is my assumption, so I’ve been watching my motherboard’s OEM’s support site for an update to drop. I find it absolutely maddening that of the 20 or so articles I’ve read on this matter, not a single fucking one has mentioned how less educated users might go about patching this vulnerability. The tech journalists care about the clicks and literally nothing else.