Intel Microcode

Modern processors ships with some kind of microcode inside the chips. There is a way for Intel's IA32 processors (all x86 and x86_64 processors) to update this microcode to workaround processor bugs.

Userland support
Now install :

and update your microcode:

Because the updated microcode can't be saved in the processor, you have to update the microcode on each boot. So just add microcode_ctl to your rc:

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