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Line 42: ==Mitigation== Fixes to [[operating systems]], [[virtualization]] mechanisms, [[web browsers]] and [[microcode]] are necessary.<ref name="Greenberg"/> ~~Microcode is the implementation of processor instructions on the processor itself, and updates require a firmware patch,<ref name="Greenberg"/> also known as [[BIOS]] or [[UEFI]], to the motherboard.~~ {{As of\|2019\|05\|14}}, applying available updates on an affected PC system was the most that could be done to mitigate the issues.<ref name="GZM-20190514">{{cite news \|author-last=O'Neill \|author-first=Patrick Howell \|title=What To Do About the Nasty New Intel Chip Flaw \|url=https://gizmodo.com/what-to-do-about-the-new-intel-chip-flaw-1834759126 \|date=14 May 2019 \|work=[[Gizmodo]] \|access-date=15 May 2019}}</ref> *Intel incorporated fixes in its processors starting shortly before the public announcement of the vulnerabilities.<ref name="Greenberg"/>

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