When homebrewing a CPU, one has to deal with microcode. Microcode is the low-level nuts and bolts of how, precisely, a CPU executes instructions (like opcodes) and performs functions such as updating ...

Intel has apparently finally gotten to the bottom of its long-running CPU instability issues and will deliver a fix in August, company officials said on Monday. The company said “elevated operating ...

New Intel guidance confirms hundreds of older chips will not receive the latest Spectre microcode patch, while the newly announced Core i9 CPU will have the Spectre fix by default. According to a new ...

Intel has recently disclosed a recently discovered security vulnerability dubbed “Downfall” affecting various Intel CPU generations. This susceptibility has been traced back to a memory optimisation ...

Intel and its partners have begun rolling out the microcode update that will fix stability and degradation issues with 13th and 14th Gen Intel Core desktop CPUs. The update arrived slightly ahead of ...

Historically speaking, even when it wasn't the absolute fastest option, Intel has always been 'competitive' with longtime rival AMD in terms of CPU gaming performance. That is actually still the case ...

Motherboard makers are starting to dish out BIOS updates based on new microcode from Intel to address stability issues affecting a wide range of 14th Gen and 13th Gen Core processor models. ASUS and ...

Intel has been investigating widespread stability issues with 13th Gen Core and 14th Gen Core CPUs for months now. Today, the company gave us a long-awaited update, pinning the issues on elevated ...

AMD and Google jointly disclosed a high-severity microcode signature verification vulnerability in the chipmaker's Zen CPUs after initial details inadvertently leaked last month. On Jan. 21, Google ...

OpenBSD is expanding its support by finally being able to apply AMD CPU microcode updates. It was reported that this comes with the latest code, which supports the update with new abilities. OpenBSD ...