Continuing his reverse-engineering of the Intel 8087, [Ken Shirriff] covers the conditional tests that are implemented in the microcode of this floating point processing unit (FPU). This microcode ...

Over 300,000 new types of ransomware and other malicious software are discovered daily, according to the IT security research institute AV-TEST. Computer viruses can slow your devices, create a slew ...

CPU manufacturers must address issues that arise with processors already on the market, especially the errors that are discovered over time. To handle this, Intel has released a new version of ...

Abstract: The open and royalty free nature as well as the extendable design of the RISC-V Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) has lead to a sprawling ecosystem of RISC-V software and hardware. One of ...

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Bottom line: Chipmakers typically use microcode updates to fix bugs and improve CPU reliability. However, this low-level layer between hardware and machine code can also serve as a stealthy attack ...

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With all the hype around the ways technologies powered by artificial intelligence (AI) can increase the performance and boost the productivity of software developers, it’s crucial to be strategic and ...

The car of the future is not one that will remain unchanged over time. It is one that will adapt, improve, and offer more functionality as time progresses. It will integrate with the other gadgets in ...

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AI isn’t going to replace you. But a developer who knows how to leverage AI in the development process just might. If you aren’t aware of the tectonic shift that is generative artificial intelligence, ...

AMD on Monday announced patches for a microprocessor vulnerability that could lead to loss of Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) protection, allowing attackers to load malicious microcode. Tracked ...