faq.md: link to interesting talk about microcode

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Microcode is already discussed in great detail, on the [binary blobs Microcode is already discussed in great detail, on the [binary blobs
policy](news/policy.md). policy](news/policy.md).
This interesting video talks about how a group of people reverse engineered
the microcode on AMD processors:
<https://yewtu.be/watch?v=W3FbTMqYi4U>
The git repository for that project is here:
<https://github.com/RUB-SysSec/Microcode>
Both the video and the repository give some further insight about CPU
microcode. The way it works on AMD will be very similar to Intel.
### Intel is uncooperative ### Intel is uncooperative
For years, coreboot has been struggling against Intel. Intel has been For years, coreboot has been struggling against Intel. Intel has been