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		piker on Sept 4, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What Is a Tech Company? Is Intel a tech company? Your i7 this week is the same i7 you bought last week.

llampx on Sept 4, 2019 | [–]

After the mitigations, slightly slower.

(sorry, couldn't resist)

the-dude on Sept 4, 2019 | [–]

Are you sure? Microcode updates.

nordsieck on Sept 4, 2019 | [–]

> Microcode updates.

Microcode updates do not add new features, they exclusively fix bugs.

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