{"id":1358,"date":"2018-03-01T07:43:42","date_gmt":"2018-03-01T15:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/3.209.169.194\/blogs\/glenn\/?p=1358"},"modified":"2026-07-08T08:20:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T15:20:32","slug":"new-cpu-microcode-updates-for-intel-processors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/glenn\/new-cpu-microcode-updates-for-intel-processors\/","title":{"rendered":"New CPU Microcode Updates for Intel Processors"},"content":{"rendered":"

Intel has released a new round<\/a> of CPU microcode updates that address the Spectre variant #2 CPU vulnerability that now include older processor microarchitectures (all the way back to Haswell<\/a>). There is always a delay between when Intel makes these updates available and when the system vendors and motherboard manufacturers do their validation and release BIOS updates.<\/font><\/p>\n

A number of system vendors and motherboard manufacturers have special sites where you can more easily locate the latest BIOS update for your system. You should make a point of periodically checking to see if any BIOS updates are available for your systems. Here is a list of some of the more popular vendors:<\/font><\/p>\n


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ASRock<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n

ASUS<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n

Dell<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n

Dell (Server)<\/font><\/p>\n

Gigabyte<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n

HP<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n

HPE<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n

Lenovo<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n

MSI<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n


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I have written quite a bit<\/a> about Spectre and Meltdown, including my latest article for SQLPerformance.com<\/a> here<\/a>.<\/font><\/p>\n


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