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		yuhong on Sept 4, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Intel processor microcode security update I wonder how does it detect the chipset being used.

4ad on Sept 4, 2013 [–]

It's in the CPU which is connected to the physical memory. Detecting the chipset is as trivial as reading a few bytes from the memory.

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