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Graviton4 based Amazon EC2 R8g instances are more powerful and energy-efficient than the previous generation, AWS says. Continue reading AWS Graviton4 Cloud Processors Are Now Generally Available
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 …read more Continue reading Custom Microcode Compiler, Made in Google Sheets
Should I use the plain "bsd" or "bsd.mp" kernel if I need a safer operating system? eg.: against side-channel attacks.
Thinking of that even 2 physical core CPUs can share something between each other that can be used f… Continue reading Is a "single" cpu safer than multiple cores?
Researchers have targeted the MTE security feature in Arm CPUs and showed how attackers could bypass protections.
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Enabling all cores of a processor can improve performance and multi-tasking capabilities, reduce the amount of energy consumed by the system, and improve the overall stability of the device, as the processors can be much more effective in handling unex… Continue reading How to enable all CPU Cores on Windows 11
With the demands of modern computing, from video editing, streaming, and gaming, many of us will turn to a monitoring system of some point to keep tabs on CPU usage, …read more Continue reading Keep Tabs on PC Use with Custom Analog Voltmeter
VUSec researchers resurrect Spectre v2 attack, showing that it works against the Linux kernel on the latest-generation Intel CPUs.
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Intel and AMD publish 10 new security advisories this Patch Tuesday to inform customers about vulnerabilities impacting their products.
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CPU makers Intel, AMD, Arm and IBM, as well as software vendors, are impacted by a new speculative race condition (SRC) attack named GhostRace.
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What do the HP-1000 and the DEC VAX 11/730 have in common with the video games Tempest and Battlezone? More than you might think. All of those machines, along with …read more Continue reading The 1970s Computer: A Slice of Computing