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Of the six advisories Intel released last week, the most interesting is a flaw discovered in the company’s Software Guard Extensions (SGX). Continue reading Intel patches another security flaw in SGX technology
Microsoft has released new Spectre mitigations for Windows 10, which include Intel microcode fixes for CPUs running on Windows. Continue reading Microsoft Issues More Spectre Updates For Intel CPUs
Simon Sharwood for The Register: Intel adopts Orwellian irony with call for fast Meltdown-Spectre action after slow patch delivery – For now, have some code that won’t crash Skylakes and stay close to your Telescreens. He observes… Continue reading Intel’s slow progress towards microcode updates
Intel says its firmware updates for Meltdown and Spectre are causing additional reboots and hits to performance. Continue reading Intel Says Firmware Fixes for Spectre and Meltdown Affecting Newer Chips
Intel says its firmware updates for Meltdown and Spectre are causing additional reboots and hits to performance. Continue reading Intel Says Firmware Fixes for Spectre and Meltdown Affecting Newer Chips
Some believe that Intel’s new Kaby Lake processors are not a significant upgrade. Don’t believe it. Kaby Lake is nothing less than an apology, and a do-over, for Intel’s woefully bug-ridden Skylake processors. It’s a family of chips that Intel never intended to make.
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Microsoft has once again announced a significant change to plans they initially unveiled in January of this year for their support policies around the 6th Gen Intel Core Skylake chipset.
After deciding to limit the length of time they would support older OS’s on Intel’s new Skylake chips, Microsoft will now provide an extra year of support for that system configuration.
read more Continue reading Microsoft Backtracks on Windows 7 & 8.1 Support Plan for Skylake Devices