AMD's answer is its Zen 5 Ryzen 9000 series. These chips debuted with a fizzle on the gaming front, but subsequent firmware and operating system updates have improved the overall performance ...

CPU manufacturers must address issues that arise with processors already on the market, especially the errors that are discovered over time. To handle this, Intel has released a new version of ...

I see an issue which exists for some rare users where 0x0 is instead of actual microcode. I can assume it's because it's located in 4 upper bytes, not in 4 lower bytes as ususal.

Intel’s patch for CPUs designed to prevent new vulnerabilities in the company’s processors resulted in performance hits on older Intel chips. The exploit was identified by researchers from ETH ZZurich ...

All Intel processors since 2018 are affected by Branch Privilege Injection. The image shows an example of an Intel server system. Anyone who speculates on likely events ahead of time and prepares ...

Intel has confirmed that it's about to issue another microcode update for its 13th-gen and 14th-gen Raptor Lake CPUs, meaning you'll need to update your motherboard BIOS again. As with the raft of ...

A hot potato: Users with 13th- and 14th-generation Intel desktop processors should begin checking for BIOS updates from their motherboard providers. A new microcode update fixes edge cases that can ...

AMD has released mitigation and firmware updates to address a high-severity vulnerability that can be exploited to load malicious CPU microcode on unpatched devices. The security flaw (CVE-2024-56161) ...

AMD on Monday announced patches for a microprocessor vulnerability that could lead to loss of Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) protection, allowing attackers to load malicious microcode. Tracked ...