Sentences with phrase «microcode updates»

We've now completed release of microcode updates for Intel microprocessor products launched in the last 9 + years that required protection against the side - channel vulnerabilities discovered by Google.

«We have now released microcode updates for 100 percent of Intel products launched in the past five years that require protection against the side - channel method vulnerabilities discovered by Google,» Intel CEO Brian Krzanich announced in a Thursday blog post.

In addition, Microsoft announced that it's making available Intel microcode updates for the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, version 1709.

«We've now completed release of microcode updates for Intel microprocessor products launched in the last 9 + years that required protection against the side - channel vulnerabilities discovered by Google,» said an Intel spokesman.

While the Windows update fixed the Meltdown problem, CPU microcode updates from Intel delivered via a UEFI or BIOS update are needed to fully enable protection against one of the Spectre attacks.

The original Windows patch protected against the Meltdown attack, but required a CPU microcode update from Intel to fully protect against Spectre.

«Earlier this week, we released production microcode updates for several Skylake - based platforms to our OEM customers and industry partners, and we expect to do the same for more platforms in the coming days,» Intel vice president Navin Shenoy wrote.

Intel says that processors with a «Stopped» status will not receive microcode updates.

The new microcode updates seem stable and we haven't seen reports of widespread problems.

We will offer additional microcode updates from Intel as they become available to Microsoft.

All of the fixes have OS kernel components, and some of the fixes are combined with processor microcode updates in addition to kernel updates.

«We also continue to release beta microcode updates so that customers and partners have the opportunity to conduct extensive testing before we move them into production.»

Intel has officially pushed out microcode updates with Spectre and Meltdown mitigations for all of the processors it launched in the past...

We also continue to release beta microcode updates so that customers and partners have the opportunity to conduct extensive testing before we move them into production,» Navin Shenoy, executive vice president and general manager of the Data Center Group at Intel Corporation, explained.

So, to solve this mess, Microsoft has worked with Intel to provide another way to get microcode updates.

Intel's fixed microcode updates to mitigate the Spectre attack have now reached Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge chips.

Today, we are also significantly expanding the Intel validated microcode updates we are making available via the Microsoft Catalog.

Intel hinted in a previous microcode update guidance that some older chip architectures going back about a decade, such as Penryn, Yorksfield, and Wolfdale, would receive updates to address the Spectre vulnerability.

The revised microcode updates are delivered to end - users as firmware updates from PC and server manufacturers.

But, after Intel and AMD have released those processor microcode updates, manufacturers will still need to package them up and distribute them to you.

However, since microcode updates can be reverted, developers relying on SGX in the cloud would need to verify the CPU security version number during remote attestation.

Of course, Intel is already pushing out Spectre (and Meltdown) patches itself, with numerous processor families seeing microcode updates released in the past few weeks; but Intel doesn't supply these directly to end users.

Intel has halted patches for an array of older chips that would protect them againstthe Spectre vulnerability, according to a recent microcode update.

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.

A number of Coffee Lake chips — including the Coffee Lake H - and S - series parts — have also been patched, Intel's microcode update document indicates.

Additional versions of Windows 10 are now protected from these attacks, and Microsoft has begun releasing Intel microcode updates directly, but only for a small number of devices.

A full list of available Intel microcode updates by Window 10 version can be found in KB4093836.

The expanded set of Intel microcode updates covers a broad set of the latest generation Intel platforms including Skylake, Kaby Lake, and Coffee Lake devices, and is available for Windows 10 version 1709.

In an update on its efforts to combat Spectre and Meltdown, Microsoft says it is now starting to distribute microcode updates from Intel.

Intel has prepared microcode updates for OEMs like HP and Dell that don't trigger the reboots, but also don't contain its patch for Variant 2, while leaving in place mitigations for Meltdown Variant 3 and Spectre Variant 1.

Intel has also updated its original Meltdown - Spectre advisory with a new warning about the stability issues and recommends OEMs and cloud providers test its beta silicon microcode updates before final release.

(Microsoft has stepped in to provide microcode updates, assisting smaller vendors who wouldn't or couldn't provide timely patches.)

Variation 2 (Branch Target Injection or Spectre), which is harder to exploit, is being addressed through optional microcode updates for Ryzen and EPYC processors starting this week.

By January 22 it urged hardware makers and customers to stop deploying its first microcode updates for all chip families affected by the flaws.

Following last week's release of reworked microcode updates for Skylake, Kaby Lake, and Coffee Lake chips, Intel has released corresponding updates for its older Broadwell and Haswell chips.

Look for the «CPUID» line, and then visit the Intel microcode updates page on Microsoft's website.

Intel's original microcode updates caused random reboots on many systems.

The stability issues caused by Intel's microcode updates resulted in Lenovo, HP, and Dell halting their deployment of BIOS updates last month as Intel worked to resolve the problems.

Your operating system can load microcode updates at boot time.

Intel's chief executive also reminded us that the company has now released revamped microcode updates for 100 % of its products launched in the last five years (i.e. going back to and including Haswell, as we saw a couple of weeks back).

Intel has also struggled to prepare and issue microcode updates since it was first informed of the flaws by Google researchers on June 1, 2017.

Intel has announced the release of production microcode updates to its manufacturing customers and partners for Kaby Lake and Coffee Lake - based platforms, as well as additional Skylake - based platforms.

The chip giant claimed it won't be patching the second Spectre variant (CVE -2017-5715) for Core 2 processors and any first - generation products that haven't already received microcode updates.

Although most devices will receive this class of updates via firmware provided by the device manufacturer, Microsoft says it will offer additional microcode updates from Intel through that KB article «as they become available to Microsoft.»

As of February 20, Intel has released stable microcode updates for Skylake, Kaby Lake, and Coffee Lake — that's the 6th, 7th, and 8th Generation Intel Core platforms.

New microcode updates for Kaby Lake and Sky Lake will be released later.

Get ready for new updates to guard against Spectre Intel's fixed microcode updates to mitigate the Spectre attack have now reached Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge chips.

In a separate but related release, Microsoft announced it is significantly expanding the number of Intel - validated microcode updates it's making available through the Microsoft Catalog site.

Chips with production fixes in Intel's microcode update guidance document have been validated by Intel and approved for use in a production environment.