Currently, an efficient binary encoding is the only way to represent MicroCode programs, which means the only reasonable way to create them is within the MicroCode editor. We want a simple text-based, ...

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 ...

Intel recently rolled out a microcode update, version 0x116, for its Core Ultra 200S processors. The update is part of ongoing tweaks to boost stability and performance, and it quietly landed on ...

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 ...

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 issued ...

What just happened? AMD has confirmed a security vulnerability in some of its processors, which was inadvertently revealed through a beta BIOS update from Asus. The flaw, described as a "microcode ...

AMD has confirmed an unpatched “processor vulnerability” that may require CISOs to isolate their systems or even air gap them until there’s a fix. AMD has had to confirm the existence of a major ...

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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 ...

Pupil using the portable MicroCode. Credit: Lancaster University. A new coding tool called MicroCode is making it easier for children to program the popular BBC micro:bit micro-computer wherever they ...

A new coding tool will help make it easier for children to portably program a popular educational micro-computer on the fly. Researchers from Lancaster University's School of Computing and ...