[bigiain]

Sure - it's _possible_ to patch the microcode - but can your dentist's receptionist do it? Or your mom? Unless there's a tool that automatically applies security microcode updates as easily and as widespread as automatic Windows updates - it's really only of use to enterprise/corporate networks... I've never bumped into a small or medium sized business that runs remote management for all the machines on their office networks...

[pkaye]

I know the Linux kernel on my Ubuntu system applies microcode patches early on bootup. I also know that Microsoft has microcode patches as updates. For example https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/3064209/june-2015-i...

[tsomctl]

Windows update does distribute microcode updates. For example, https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/3064209/june-2015-i...