Intel releases new microcode to fix specter in skylake
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Intel has released a new microcode, to fix the problems that had appeared in its Skylake processors, with the installation of the mitigating patches of the Meltdown and Specter vulnerabilities.
New microcode to mitigate Specter in Skylake
It's been over a month since Intel released its initial patches for Specter, a few patches that had to be removed from after it emerged that were causing reboot and other stability issues in a range of the company's products..
These problems were so damaging that Microsoft had to release an optional patch to allow Windows users to disable Specter mitigations on Intel processors, a move that compromises security for the benefit of stability but was necessary for some users. Finally, Intel has released a new microcode update for its Skylake processors.
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Navin Shenoy, executive vice president and general manager of Intel's Data Center Group, has stated that they hope to release microcode updates for more platforms in the coming days, and supply beta microcodes to OEMs.
Meltdown and Specter are the most serious vulnerabilities that have been found in recent years, they are present at the hardware level in the processors so it is impossible to solve them, the only thing that can be done is mitigate them through software.
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