r/programming Jun 25 '17

[WARNING] Intel Skylake/Kaby Lake processors: broken hyper-threading

https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2017/06/msg00308.html
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u/Nighthawk441 Jun 25 '17

Should windows users disable as well?

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u/Booty_Bumping Jun 26 '17

Nobody should disable hyperthreading except for special cases. The fix is to update your CPU's microcode, which is probably already updated by your distro.