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 ...

Microcode 0x12B “addresses elevated voltage requests by the processor during idle and/or light activity periods.” Microcode 0x12B “addresses elevated voltage requests by the processor during ...

Some of the latest developments in ransomware are all around microcode found on CPUs. This is the code just one step up from the hardware that tells the processor how to function and order its tasks.

When AMD finally issued patches for its critical microcode security hole on Monday, it said that the glitch 'could lead to the loss of Secure Encrypted Virtualization protection.' AMD on Monday ...

Intel has finally provided an update on instability issues on 13th-gen and 14th-gen CPUs. An update posted by Thomas Hannaford, Intel’s communications manager, pins ...

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 ...

The specific vulnerability in question is called EntrySign (ID: AMD-SB-7033), and it allows unsigned and potentially malicious microcode to be executed on the CPU. The flaw stems from AMD's ...

A couple of motherboard vendors have already announced BIOS updates that address issues within the microcode of Intel’s 13th- and 14th-gen CPUs. With more to come, things might be looking up for ...

One might have thought all the Intel stability issue malarkey was behind us, given the official 0x129 microcode fix came out back in August. However, although this update was supposed to fix the ...

Bottom line: Chipmakers typically use microcode updates to fix bugs and improve CPU reliability. However, this low-level layer between hardware and machine code can also serve as a stealthy attack ...