How to Use microcode in a Sentence
microcode
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Systems with the bad hardware will need the microcode fix.
—Peter Bright, Ars Technica, 26 June 2017
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Presently, the only way to install the microcode is to install a system firmware that includes the updates.
—Peter Bright, Ars Technica, 11 Apr. 2018
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None of the Core 2 processors will now receive a microcode update for Spectre.
—Peter Bright, Ars Technica, 4 Apr. 2018
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By Monday morning, the pair had written the microcode programs to produce results that satisfied Mr. Jobs.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 July 2023
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As for those Spectre variant 2 microcode updates, Intel is going back even further in time.
—Peter Bright, Ars Technica, 15 Mar. 2018
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Microwave ovens are a combination of plastic and microcode.
—Bruce Sterling, WIRED, 19 Mar. 2013
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The operating system changes only take effect when a suitable microcode is installed.
—Peter Bright, Ars Technica, 11 Apr. 2018
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But the package provides an important alternative for those who lack a motherboard firmware containing the new microcode.
—Peter Bright, Ars Technica, 13 Mar. 2018
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Intel says that beta testing of other microcodes for these processors is ongoing.
—Peter Bright, Ars Technica, 8 Feb. 2018
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Similarly, with the new microcode leaving management mode flushes the level 1 cache, protecting SMM data.
—Peter Bright, Ars Technica, 14 Aug. 2018
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The key may also allow parties other than Intel—say a malicious hacker or a hobbyist—to update chips with their own microcode, although that customized version wouldn’t survive a reboot.
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 28 Dec. 2020
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The fix doesn't require a microcode update from computer manufacturers.
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 6 Aug. 2019
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As usual, the microcode updates will be available from device or motherboard manufacturers.
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 14 Nov. 2023
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These protections may be possible to implement in a microcode update, offering a way to protect software running on existing processors.
—Peter Bright, Ars Technica, 10 July 2018
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The remainder of Intel's microcode guidance document shows just a few chip architectures waiting for patches, including the remainder of the Arrandale and Clarkdale families.
—Mark Hachman, PCWorld, 9 Mar. 2018
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Intel is releasing microcode updates that provide its processors with a similar facility to disable this kind of speculation.
—Peter Bright, Ars Technica, 22 May 2018
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Presently, protection uses a mix of operating system alterations and processor microcode.
—Peter Bright, Ars Technica, 15 Mar. 2018
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For other affected products, mitigation is available through microcode updates, coupled with corresponding updates to operating system and hypervisor software that are available starting today.
—Gordon Mah Ung, PCWorld, 15 May 2019
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