Intel is in trouble. We’ve known there was a problem for months, but the true scope of the issue is coming into focus. Intel has finally said a microcode update that will solve the instability ...

Microcode 0x129 to address elevated voltages (August 2024) Intel’s current analysis finds there is a significant increase to the minimum operating voltage (Vmin) across multiple cores on ...

Intel says that an analysis of defective processors "confirms that the elevated operating voltage is stemming from a microcode algorithm resulting in incorrect voltage requests to the processor ...

Up to this point, Intel’s guidance has been a list of dense BIOS settings that could reduce performance by upwards of 9% on CPUs like the Core i9-13900K and Core i9-14900K. The microcode update ...

AMD has released CPU microcode updates for a wide range of impacted CPUs, but not all of them, because some have reached end-of-life. For example, no fix is planned for AMD Ryzen 3000 Series ...

The fix won't be available till August, but for now you can update your motherboard's BIOS to apply a stop-gap measure via another microcode update to force certain features to stay within Intel ...

Unfortunately, a microcode bug—originally discovered in July but still floating around in large numbers in the wild—wrecked my good time. I eventually got my Ryzen 3700X system working, and it ...

If retargetable microcode is new to you, imagine the instruction set of a microprocessor. If you take a look at the die you’ll find what is in effect a ROM on board, a look-up table defining ...

AMD will be releasing a new AGESA microcode update this month, this is now being worked on by the motherboard manufacturers. The new microcode (which is located in your BIOS) will further enhance ...

Two things are overlooked: 1) Microcode is hardware-specfic, so creating a virus that could affect a broad range of PCs at a low level is problematic, and 2) What seems easy to an expert can be ...