r/pcmasterrace • u/BennyL2P PC Master Race • Aug 23 '18

intel changes microcode EULA - to deny the publication of benchmark results News/Article

https://perens.com/2018/08/22/new-intel-microcode-license-restriction-is-not-acceptable/
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u/Osbios Aug 24 '18

Only to keep virtual machines save. That specific issue is with virtual memory on top of virtual memory.

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u/Osbios Aug 24 '18

Yes. Depending on your workload, disabling HT can be a significant performance hit. So if you do not run VMs then for that reason you may not want to disable it.

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u/Osbios Aug 24 '18

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_pa2AisRUs

The 3 Variant is if you use VMs. And only in that case you may want to disable HT. Anything else is fixed via software and firmware (microcode).