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AMD's open-source openSIL firmware is being ported to Zen 5 motherboard early — replacement for AGESA shows up ahead of Zen 6

AMD's upcoming openSIL firmware iis being ported early to an MSI B850 motherboard, making it the first AM5 motherboard to have a firmware option that does not feature AMD AGESA microcode.
TechSpot

First firmware updates designed to fix Intel's Vmin Shift instability spotted in the wild

TL;DR: Intel promised to fix its Raptor Lake stability issues with a microcode update but said it could take weeks for motherboard makers to implement the fix. However, it's only been a few days since ...
HotHardware

AMD Rolls Out Patch For Alarming EPYC Microcode Vulnerability Affecting Zen 1-4 CPUs

AMD and Google's Security Team have disclosed a major microcode vulnerability affecting all AMD EPYC processors built on the Zen 1 through Zen 4 architectures. That means EPYC 7001 (Naples), 7002 ...
Bleeping Computer

Microsoft Partners with Intel to Deliver CPU Microcode Fixes via Windows Updates

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 announcement is a change ...
Ars Technica

Intel’s latest set of Spectre microcode fixes is coming to a Windows update

Windows users running the latest version of Windows 10 on recent Intel processors will soon be receiving Intel's microcode updates to address the Spectre variant 2 attack. Intel has since fixed the ...
Network World

AMD patches microcode security holes after accidental early disclosure

When AMD finally issued patches for its critical microcode security hole on Monday, it said that the glitch 'could lead to the loss of Secure Encrypted Virtualization protection.' AMD on Monday issued ...