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Include link to Intel's list of end-of-support dates
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@ -98,6 +98,15 @@ We recommend consulting these resources when selecting hardware for Qubes OS:
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offer significant security advantages over conventional operating systems on
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the same hardware.
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Intel maintains a
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[list](https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000022396/processors.html)
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of end-of-support dates for its processors. However, this list seems to
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include only processors that are no longer supported or will soon no longer
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be supported. Many newer Intel processors are missing from this list. To our
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knowledge, Intel does not announce end-of-support dates for its newer
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processors in advance, nor does it have a public policy governing how long
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support will last.
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- Intel and AMD handle microcode updates differently, which has significant
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security implications. On Intel platforms, microcode updates can typically be
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loaded from the operating system. This allows the Qubes security team to
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Historically, AMD has often been slow to complete step (1), at least for its
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client (as opposed to server) platforms. In some cases, AMD has made fixes
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available for its server platforms very shortly after a security embargo was
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lifted, but it did not make fixes available for client platforms facing the
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lifted, but it did not make fixes available for client platforms facing the
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same vulnerability until weeks or months later. (A "security embargo" is the
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practice of avoiding public disclosure of a security vulnerability prior to a
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designated date.) By contrast, Intel has consistently made fixes available for
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