When Meltdown and Spectre were uncovered, AMD said that its CPUs aren’t vulnerable to Meltdown, the first Spectre flaw would be resolved via operating system and software updates, and “differences in ...

Q: I’m hearing conflicting stories on processor firmware updates. Should I try doing it now or wait? A: The Meltdown and Spectre processor flaws have created a considerable mess for the tech industry ...

Operating system patches alone can protect against the nasty Meltdown flaw affecting Intel processors, but fixing Spectre—Meltdown’s nasty sibling, which affects all CPUs—requires firmware updates for ...

If you see a warning message, The speed of processor x in group y is being limited by system firmware in Windows Event Viewer, read this post to learn how to address the warning. The message ...

Ransomware is a serious problem in its current state, and it's about to get worse. All your security programs and measures will be rendered useless when ransomware comes for your CPU. Ransomware ...

Tech Power Up has released a new version of its CPU power management software for Windows, making available Throttlestop 8.30 to download and install. This latest version introduces two new mini mode ...

PC freezing, going slow, or running into hitches where it shouldn’t? Even if you have one of the best processors, high CPU usage could be to blame. Unfortunately, if you aren’t too computer savvy, ...

Processor firmware must be upgradable to account for new algorithms or to simplify the development of derivative products. Storing such firmware in ROM or flash memory poses problems for embedded ...

The NetROM firmware download and software debugging platform has been released for Intel's IXP1200 network processor designs. Engineered to work in conjunction with Wind River's Tornado environment, ...

A vulnerability found in certain AMD processor firmware has been patched by the company, it was revealed at the 31st Chaos Communication Congress. According to Heise.de, the vulnerability was found in ...

One of the best ways to evaluate the performance of your CPU is to run one of the many great benchmarks that are available. They’ll test its raw performance in both single-threaded and multi-threaded ...