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 on Tuesday released the microcode-20261110 package that ships updated CPU microcode binaries for recent Intel Core ...

Microsoft has released a new batch of Intel microcode updates for Windows 10 2004, 1909, 1903, and older versions to fix hardware bugs in Intel CPUs. When Intel finds bugs in their CPUs, they release ...

Intel has released an updated microcode patch for Linux-based operating systems to address the Meltdown and Spectre security vulnerabilities. By now, everyone heard about Meltdown and Spectre, two ...

According to benchmarks by @CapFrameX, Intel's 0x114 microcode has failed to address Arrow Lake-S issues, as testing reveals yet again a massive drop in gaming performance. While running Intel's Core ...

Intel has scaled back its plans to produce microcode updates for some of its older processors to address the “Spectre variant 2” attack. Core 2 processors are no longer scheduled to receive updates, ...

Previously, any new processor microcodes for AMD-based CPUs had to be checked to guarantee that the open-source developers working with the company installed each physical core with the latest ...

Intel reports that it has developed a stable microcode update to address the Spectre flaw for its Skylake, Kaby Lake, and Coffee Lake processors in all their various variants. The microcode updates ...

Microsoft will be propagating Intel microcode updates to counteract the second variant of Spectre vulnerability to systems with the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update. Microsoft says it is now ...

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 ...