Microsoft patches its earlier Meltdown patch for AMD PCs, allowing them to boot
- Brian Burke-Gaffney
- Jan-18-2018
- Business Technology
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AMD processors aren’t affected by the devastating Meltdown CPU flaw, but the emergency fix for Meltdown and Spectre brought certain AMD CPUs to their knees. Microsoft has now resumed issuing patches for those systems as of Jan. 18, after early […]
Read MoreMicrosoft patches its earlier Meltdown patch for AMD PCs, allowing them to boot
- Brian Burke-Gaffney
- Jan-18-2018
- Business Technology
- Comments Off on Microsoft patches its earlier Meltdown patch for AMD PCs, allowing them to boot
AMD processors aren’t affected by the devastating Meltdown CPU flaw, but the emergency fix for Meltdown and Spectre brought certain AMD CPUs to their knees. Microsoft has now resumed issuing patches for those systems as of January 18.Microsoft’s new patch, […]
Read MoreSpectre CPU patches can cause unwanted reboots, Intel warns
- Brian Burke-Gaffney
- Jan-18-2018
- Business Technology
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The firmware patches designed to protect Intel processors against nasty Spectre CPU exploits have a big downside: They’re forcing more frequent reboots on some systems, including PCs that released in 2017.On January 11, Intel said that the firmware patches prompted […]
Read MoreSpectre CPU patches can cause unwanted reboots, Intel warns
- Brian Burke-Gaffney
- Jan-18-2018
- Business Technology
- Comments Off on Spectre CPU patches can cause unwanted reboots, Intel warns
The firmware patches designed to protect Intel processors against nasty Spectre CPU exploits have a big downside: They’re forcing more frequent reboots on some systems, including PCs that released in 2017.On January 11, Intel said that the firmware patches prompted […]
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