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@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ Don't want to manage your own Fix Inventory installation? Get started for free w
 
 - At least 2 CPU cores and 8 GB of RAM
 
+- A CPU with AVX support. If running on a VM, set the CPU type to "host" or ensure you expose AVX/AVX2
+
   :::note
 
   Fix Inventory performs CPU-intensive graph operations. In a production setup, we recommend at least four cores and 16 gigabytes of RAM. See [Configuring Fix Inventory Worker](../../reference/configuration/worker.mdx#multi-core-machines) for more information.