Zlatan Todoric: > Now you are defending them why they have closed source things that we > need if we want to properly use their hardware? What I am saying is microcode is more on the hardware side.Moreover what I am interested in is to set a tendency, rather than on things to change overnight.
Zlatan Todoric: > I don't get the last sentence but ok.Firmware is a common concern because it can be overwritten by malware, have malicious functionalities, or have back-doors.
That has never been the case with microcode. It just declares the instruction set, but is not an executable.
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