All 6th, 7th, and 8th generation Core processors now have microcode available. It will be interesting to see if this allows for some recovery of CPU performance that is lost when completely inhibiting ...

When Intel announced its 10nm process node would be delayed into 2019 -- and possibly into later 2019 at that -- it punched some significant holes into the company's product line that are still being ...

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's Raptor Lake CPUs have been exhibiting instability for quite some time now, and the company has begun to take steps to address it this year. Several updates have been announced in the past few ...

As soon as the broader discussion about the Raptor Lake stability issues began, many people were already speculating that the potential "fix" would have a deleterious effect on performance. In essence ...

The big picture: As Intel prepares a patch to address crashing issues in its 13th and 14th-generation Raptor Lake CPUs, more information about the processors' failure rates is emerging. Some companies ...

If you own an Intel motherboard with a Z170 or Z270 chipset, you might believe that it only supports CPUs up to Intel’s 7th generation, known as Kaby Lake. Even the CPU socket’s pinout is different in ...

Intel says future chips won’t be affected — and hints it might even be able to ‘mitigate’ damaged ones. Intel says future chips won’t be affected — and hints it might even be able to ‘mitigate’ ...