>When there's a bug in the CPU microcode, you're at the mercy of your motherboard vendor to release a new system BIOS that will update it for you—you can't just go to some download link at AMD and apply a fix yourself.
Since when? On Linux anyway microcode can be installed just fine as a package, often bundled in kernel updates.
Since when? On Linux anyway microcode can be installed just fine as a package, often bundled in kernel updates.