Inside every modern CPU since the Intel Pentium fdiv bug, assembly instructions aren’t a one-to-one mapping to what the CPU actually does. Inside the CPU, there is a decoder that turns assembly into ...

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Windows users running the latest version of Windows 10 on recent Intel processors will soon be receiving Intel’s microcode updates to address the Spectre variant 2 attack. Intel has since fixed the ...

There are many ways you can implement an Intel i386 CPU on an FPGA, with the use of original microcode probably being one of ...

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 announced the deployment of microcode update 0x12B aimed at resolving the Vmin offset instability observed in its 13th and 14th series desktop processors, as they have now identified the ...

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 ...

The Intel Microcode Boot Loader creates a bootable USB flash drive that automatically applies the latest Intel microcodes to your identified CPU so that you are protected from the speculative ...

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 ...

Intel has confirmed that it plans to issue a microcode update for its processors that will prevent the use of K-series overclocking tweaks on all but Z87-based motherboard chipsets. Intel has long ...