amd64-microcode software package provides Processor microcode firmware for AMD CPUs, you can install in your Debian 8 (Jessie) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install amd64-microcode
amd64-microcode is installed in your system.
Make ensure the amd64-microcode package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep amd64-microcode *
You will get with amd64-microcode package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Debian 8 jessie |
| Section | Administration Utilities |
| Package | amd64-microcode |
| Version | 2.20160316.1~deb8u1 |
| Description | Processor microcode firmware for AMD CPUs |
| Sub Section | Admin |
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