Article 3CHJH AMD Did NOT Disable Branch Prediction With A Zen Microcode Update

AMD Did NOT Disable Branch Prediction With A Zen Microcode Update

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With the plethora of software security updates coming out over the past few days in the wake of the Meltdown and Spectre disclosure, released by SUSE was a Family 17h "Zen" CPU microcode update that we have yet to see elsewhere... It claims to disables branch prediction, but I've confirmed with AMD that is not actually the case...
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