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 ...

Intel has released another round of firmware and driver updates, this time accompanied by 30 new security advisories. The microcode update, labeled version 20251111, covers nearly all recent Intel ...

Back in January, we covered Google Project Zero's disclosure of massive CPU security flaws Spectre and Meltdown. If you've never heard of these vulnerabilities before, here's the gist: Spectre and ...

Intel has spent most of 2024 investigating and trying to fix a problems that was causing crashes and instability for owners of its high-end 13th- and 14th-generation Core desktop processors. In April, ...

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 idle ...

A fix is here, but only for fresh Intel CPUs that aren't already affected. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Many PC gamers have ...

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 ...

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As Intel has rolled out fixes for Spectre and Meltdown, it's worked closely with Microsoft to make the required microcode updates available to as wide a group of hardware as possible. Newer ...