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 updati… ...

The assumption is that if the CPU designer sent an instruction to microcode it must do something. [Can] provides a list of instructions found on his i7 6850K CPU.

CPU PoC Beek said that he got the inspiration from a bug in AMD Zen processors that allowed threat actors to load malicious microcode and break the encryption at the hardware level.

Intel's first microcode update, developed late last year, was included in system firmware updates for machines with Broadwell, Haswell, Skylake, Kaby Lake, and Coffee Lake processors. But users ...

Microcode updates come with additional Windows Update Microsoft has released KB4093112, an update that also includes special OS-level patches for AMD users in regards to the Spectre v2 vulnerability.

Microsoft released new microcode updates for Windows 10, these updates are intended to close various security hole variants such as Specter and Zombie-Load.

In context: Microcode is machine instruction sets that load from the BIOS. It acts much like firmware for the PC's processor. According to MSI Marketing Director Eric van Beurden, AMD will be ...

Intel has confirmed that it plans to issue a microcode update for its processors that will prevent the use of K-series overclocking tweaks on all but Z87-based motherboard chipsets.

This article describes the recent technological and legal developments relating to the microprocessor industry's microcode, and conludes that limited copyright protection for programs is merited. It ...