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 issued new firmware to further fix stability issues on 13th and 14th Gen desktop processors. The new update is said to have almost no performance impact. Back in August 2024, Intel confirmed ...

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 ...

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 ...

Two years ago, when visiting research colleagues in Uppsala, Sweden, we were asked a deceptively simple question: “What does it mean to program?” For context, one of us had just completed academic ...

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) ...

A security vulnerability has been disclosed in AMD's Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) that could permit an attacker to load a malicious CPU microcode under specific conditions. The flaw, tracked ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...