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   On Wed, 13 Jan 2016 13:01:40 -0000, Trent  wrote:   
      
   > On Wed, 13 Jan 2016 12:03:30 -0000 "Mr Macaw"  wrote in   
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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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