Intel is preparing to release a critical microcode update aimed at resolving an issue that has affected its 13th Gen processors since their launch. The update, expected by mid-August, comes after ...

Abstract: Microcode enables programmability of (micro) architectural structures to enhance functionality and to apply patches to an existing design. As more features get added to a CPU core, the area ...

Knowledge Center Entities Microcode Engineering Inc. Windows-based schematic capture and mixed-signal simulation. LAST UPDATED ON May 23rd, 2014 Description MicroCode provided software that assists in ...

What just happened? A significant vulnerability, known as EntrySign, has been uncovered by Google security researchers, affecting all AMD Zen processors from Zen 1 to Zen 4. This flaw allows attackers ...

The Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) function of AMD server processors is less secure than the name suggests: Google researchers found that Epyc processors are sloppy when it comes to signature ...

Opinion All malicious attacks on digital systems have one common aim: taking control. Mostly, that means getting a CPU somewhere to turn traitor, running code that silently steals or scrambles your ...

Google researchers recently published proof-of-concept code demonstrating the ability to create malicious microcode patches on AMD processors from Zen 1 through Zen 4. This vulnerability would allow ...

Since its release in October, the Intel Core Ultra 200S, also known as Arrow Lake-S during testing, has received two microcode updates—transitioning from version 110 to 112, and then to 113—without ...

Intel’s much-anticipated 0x114 microcode patch has started rolling out to Z890 motherboards despite not being released officially, and the ASRock Z890 Taichi OCF is one of the first boards to see the ...

Abstract: Microcode update mechanism have been widely used in modern processors. Due to the implementation details are not public, researchers are prevented from gaining any sort of further ...

The Intel Core Ultra 200S CPUs initially suffered from a weakness in single-threaded applications. A microcode update now solves the performance problem. The BIOS updates make this workaround ...