Just a plain BIOS update can be enough to give your PC a second wind.

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 ...

In today’s 2 Minute Tech Briefing, hackers exploit an Adobe Reader flaw to profile victims, DARPA develops a new AI communication language through MATHBAC, and Intel joins the massive Terafab chip ...

Sixteen miles north of Albuquerque, in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, an Intel chip plant sits on more than 200 acres of land. The site was established in the 1980s, part of it built on top of a sod farm. In ...

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 ...

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) shares increased more than 80% in 2025. This surge afforded Intel additional time and enhanced credibility, though it did not provide definitive proof. As 2026 commences, investors ...

A team of computer scientists from ETH Zurich has uncovered a new security vulnerability that affects all Intel processors. This issue is linked to a technology called speculative execution, which ...

A hot potato: Users with 13th- and 14th-generation Intel desktop processors should begin checking for BIOS updates from their motherboard providers. A new microcode update fixes edge cases that can ...

Intel has confirmed that it's about to issue another microcode update for its 13th-gen and 14th-gen Raptor Lake CPUs, meaning you'll need to update your motherboard BIOS again. As with the raft of ...