There are many ways you can implement an Intel i386 CPU on an FPGA, with the use of original microcode probably being one of the most interesting approaches. This is what [nand2mario]’s z386 project ...

Architecture Week celebrates the profession of architecture and invites everyone—especially K-12 students—to explore architecture and design. We all play key roles in educating and inspiring the next ...

18-742 is a PhD course in computer architecture and systems. The learning objectives are: To understand the state of the art in computer architecture, and how and why we got there. To understand how ...

Lucid is a developer-oriented IDA Pro plugin for exploring the Hex-Rays microcode. It was designed to provide a seamless, interactive experience for studying microcode transformations in the ...

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 ...

What just happened? AMD has confirmed a security vulnerability in some of its processors, which was inadvertently revealed through a beta BIOS update from Asus. The flaw, described as a "microcode ...

Pupil using the portable MicroCode. Credit: Lancaster University. A new coding tool called MicroCode is making it easier for children to program the popular BBC micro:bit micro-computer wherever they ...

A new coding tool will help make it easier for children to portably program a popular educational micro-computer on the fly. Researchers from Lancaster University's School of Computing and ...

The MICROCODE_REVISION_MISMATCH Windows blue screen, with error code 0x0000017E, appears when processors have an inconsistent microcode loaded. In most cases, the ...

Intel has spent most of 2024 investigating and trying to fix a problems that was causing crashes and instability for owners of its high-end 13th- and 14th-generation Core desktop processors. In April, ...

For months now, Intel’s 13th and 14th gen processors have been plagued with instability issues – also known as the Vmin Shift issue. Intel has offered extended warranties, exchanges, and even refunds ...