How to Use microcode in a Sentence

microcode

noun

• Systems with the bad hardware will need the microcode fix.
  — Peter Bright, Ars Technica, 26 June 2017
• 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
• None of the Core 2 processors will now receive a microcode update for Spectre.
  — Peter Bright, Ars Technica, 4 Apr. 2018
• By Monday morning, the pair had written the microcode programs to produce results that satisfied Mr. Jobs.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 2 July 2023
• As for those Spectre variant 2 microcode updates, Intel is going back even further in time.
  — Peter Bright, Ars Technica, 15 Mar. 2018
• Microwave ovens are a combination of plastic and microcode.
  — Bruce Sterling, WIRED, 19 Mar. 2013
• Edge cases In addition to the standard N64 graphics microcodes, a small subset of games that use custom microcodes require extra work to support in the renderer.
  — Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 17 May 2024
• The operating system changes only take effect when a suitable microcode is installed.
  — Peter Bright, Ars Technica, 11 Apr. 2018
• 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
• Intel says that beta testing of other microcodes for these processors is ongoing.
  — Peter Bright, Ars Technica, 8 Feb. 2018
• Similarly, with the new microcode leaving management mode flushes the level 1 cache, protecting SMM data.
  — Peter Bright, Ars Technica, 14 Aug. 2018
• 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
• The fix doesn't require a microcode update from computer manufacturers.
  — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 6 Aug. 2019
• As usual, the microcode updates will be available from device or motherboard manufacturers.
  — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 14 Nov. 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Presently, protection uses a mix of operating system alterations and processor microcode.
  — Peter Bright, Ars Technica, 15 Mar. 2018
• 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

Last Updated: 6 Oct 2024