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Depending on how microcode is defined, it's arguably existed back to the 40s. Which modern and reasonably performant CPUs are you thinking of that don't have mi
by mjg59 4y ago
Depending on how microcode is defined, it's arguably existed back to the 40s. Which modern and reasonably performant CPUs are you thinking of that don't have microcode?
- jacquesm 4y agoYou completely misunderstood my comment.
- mjg59 4y agoWhat were you referring to, other than microcode? Edit: Oh, you mention the encryption. Big companies love obfuscating everything they create, because they're afraid something commercially sensitive will exist there and someone will copy it and outcompete them. I agree that this is ridiculous, but I don't think it's evidence of any sort of nefarious activity.
- jacquesm 4y agoIt's not evidence, but it may well have been used to hide such evidence.
- mjg59 4y agoWell yes anything that's encrypted could potentially turn out to be evidence of a crime when decrypted, but we don't usually assume that the use of encryption is indicative of that
- sroussey 4y agoMicrocode spills lots of the secrets of the hardware design, so you want it encrypted for as many years as possible to keep your trade secrets out of competitors’ hands.