Intel hurls Spectre 2 microcode patch fix at world

Intel hurls Spectre 2 microcode patch fix at world

6 years ago
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https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/02/21/intel/

For the second time of asking, Intel has issued microcode updates to OEMs that it prays says will mitigate the Spectre variant two design flaw impacting generations of CPUs spewed out over previous decades.

Yep, old Chipzilla has turned up at the scene of the metaphorical IT industry earthquake with a dustpan and brush*: the firmware updates are for the sixth generation (Skylake), the seventh generation (Kaby Lake) and the eight generation (Coffee Lake), the X-series line and the Xeon scalable and Xeon D processors.