Unveiling the Evolution: A Journey Through the History of the CPU
In the ever-expanding realm of technology, few inventions have had as profound an impact as the Central Processing Unit, or
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CPU
11th Gen Intel Core S-series desktop processors launched worldwide today
The 11th Gen Intel® Core™ S-series desktop processors (code-named “Rocket Lake-S”) launched worldwide today, led by the flagship Intel® Core™
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CacheOut/L1DES – New Speculative Execution Attack Affecting Intel CPUs (CVE-2020-0549)
CVE Number – CVE-2020-0549 Intel has advised customers that researchers have identified another speculative execution attack method that can be
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CPU- and GPU-boundedness
Microsoft wrote this article to explain two key terms: CPU-bound and GPU-bound. There’s some misinformation about this terms, and we’re
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NetCAT CPU Vulnerability [CVE-2019-11184]
CVE number – CVE-2019-11184 A race condition in specific microprocessors using Intel (R) DDIO cache allocation and RDMA may allow
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Computing Processor PortSmash Side-Channel Information Disclosure Vulnerability [CVE-2018-5407]
CVE number – CVE-2018-5407 A vulnerability in the design of most modern CPUs using Simultaneous Multithreading (SMT)/Hyper-Threading could allow a
Read MoreSpectre 1.1 and 1.2 Vulnerabilities Disclosed
Two new vulnerabilities exploiting flaws in CPUs speculative execution have been recently disclosed. Dubbed Spectre 1.1 and 1.2, both are variants
Read MoreIntel x86 Debug Exception Vulnerability [CVE-2018-8897]
The poor implementation of a statement in Intel’s x86 programming manual can cause privilege escalation or denial-of-service on all operating
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