Historically speaking, even when it wasn't the absolute fastest option, Intel has always been 'competitive' with longtime rival AMD in terms of CPU gaming performance. That is actually still the case ...

Microsoft said today that it would take Intel CPU microcode updates meant to fix the Spectre v2 vulnerability and ship these updates to users via a Windows update package. The announcement is a change ...

Microsoft has released a new batch of Intel microcode updates for Windows 10 20H2, 2004, 1909, and older versions to fix new hardware vulnerabilities discovered in Intel CPUs. When Intel finds bugs in ...

Microcode 0x12B “addresses elevated voltage requests by the processor during idle and/or light activity periods.” Microcode 0x12B “addresses elevated voltage requests by the processor during idle ...

Intel this week released microcode updates to its original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and partners in a bid to curb Meltdown and Spectre attacks. According to a Feb. 7 announcement by Navin Shenoy ...

Windows users running the latest version of Windows 10 on recent Intel processors will soon be receiving Intel's microcode updates to address the Spectre variant 2 attack. Intel has since fixed the ...

In its recently updated "Microcode Revision Guidance" document (PDF), Intel shared details about the progress of its firmware patches to address potential Meltdown and Spectre attack scenarios. The ...

Microsoft published a blog post today to provide updates on the Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities, and the status of Windows 10 devices for being mitigated. As we know, these mitigations require ...

Spectre, along with Meltdown, has been one of the most severe threats recorded in recent history affecting the modern microprocessors, including those manufactured by Intel. Earlier this year, ...

Apparently, Intel does not like its customers overclocking their new Haswell chips on non-Z87-equipped motherboards. Several of the large motherboard manufacturers have released workarounds that allow ...

After issuing an official statement on the ongoing issues surrounding its 13th and 14th Gen CPUs, confirming that a 'microcode' update will "fix" the problem of potential hardware failure, instability ...

Intel is quite known for playing around and pointing fingers. Intel will never admit it. They will always play around and dodge any kind of confrontation about it, and OEM's will never try to address ...