Intel’s next workstation flagship appears to be moving closer to launch, with a Xeon 698X entry showing up in the Geekbench ...

Continuing his reverse-engineering of the Intel 8087, [Ken Shirriff] covers the conditional tests that are implemented in the microcode of this floating point processing unit (FPU). This microcode ...

Ronan] likes 35mm film photography, but the world, of course, has gone digital. He picked up an Epson FilmScan 200 for about ...

Intel stock jumps 8% as it ships first 18A Panther Lake Core Ultra Series 3 chips; rollout details, AI performance, and $50 ...

Following Raptor Lake's infamous stability issues, and Arrow Lake's underwhelming gaming pace, gamers are turning to AMD ...

From CPUs that overheated to those with poor performance—plus some that nearly killed the companies that made them.

Anticipation is building as Gigabyte has officially announced support for the highly awaited Intel Arrow Lake “Core Ultra 200S Plus” Refresh CPUs through its updated BIOS for Z890 motherboards. This ...

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS). Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and ...

For years, processors focused on performance, and that performance had little accountability to anything else. Performance still matters, but now it must be accountable to power. If small gains in ...

Four newly revealed vulnerabilities in AMD processors, including EPYC and Ryzen chips, expose enterprise systems to side-channel attacks. CrowdStrike warns of critical risks despite AMD’s lower ...

Change your current power plan and see if it helps. Open the Control Panel and go to Hardware and Sound > Power Options. Now, select another available power plan. You can also create a new custom ...

Bottom line: Chipmakers typically use microcode updates to fix bugs and improve CPU reliability. However, this low-level layer between hardware and machine code can also serve as a stealthy attack ...