Microcode is a small program which helps the CPU know what it is. Microcode responds to things like CPUID commands and programs the front end in how to break down complex instructions.

The Jianchen Project members want to find someone, who can modify AMD's Zen CPU microcode on a modern processor — say, an EPYC 9004-series — to execute RISC-V binaries.

OpenBSD is expanding its support by finally being able to apply AMD CPU microcode updates. It was reported that this comes with the latest code, which supports the update with new abilities.

On January 8th Intel released new Linux Processor microcode data files that can be used to mitigate the Spectre and and Meltdown vulnerabilities in Intel CPUs. Using microcodes, an operating ...

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 as ...

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 final microcode instruction would jump to the main part of the microcode that reads the next instruction and continues the program. That’s how you’d typically design a bitslice CPU.

AMD will patch Ryzen, Threadripper, Epyc, and other CPU firmware to protect against Spectre CPU attacks, but ... AMD will start releasing “optional microcode updates” (emphasis ours) for ...

AMD's CPU microcode updates join forces with a new Windows 10 patch to protect against Spectre variant 2—if you can get them.

Intel found a bug in its high-end CPU microcode is 'potentially contributing to instability' though 'is not the root cause' of those long-reported game crashes News By Nick Evanson published 17 ...

In separate statements, ASUS and MSI announced their plans to deliver the new microcode for 13th and 14th Gen Raptor Lake Core family of CPUs over the course of August. The updated CPU microcode ...

They revealed that AMD's Ryzen CPUs would get a new microcode update very soon. Wow, that sounds really freaking borking, I hear you say. Well, the new AGESA 1.0.0.4 update is anything but boring.