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I opened Software&Updates > Additional Drivers as I'm looking into some GPU issues, and was surprised to find an "unknown" device listed. I've never encountered that before, but I haven't modified my hardware in a long time.

I have no idea how long this unknown device has been here, or what it might be.

--> How can I determine what this extra device might be?

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It is not a device actually.

This is the option to install CPU microcode updater. CPU microcode is loaded by bios, but if you want Ubuntu to install a later version, if any exists, you can turn on this option.

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  • Thank you! I have absolutely no idea what this means but I did understand [from here](http://askubuntu.com/a/613624/5786) that it's safe to enable and even appears to be a good idea. So I'll do that - thanks! – Torben Gundtofte-Bruun Nov 05 '15 at 09:57