Tag Archives: Intel Xeon

“Downfall” bug affects years of Intel CPUs, can leak encryption keys and more

Enlarge / An 8th-generation Intel Core desktop CPU, one of several CPU generations affected by the Downfall bug. Mark Walton reader comments 43 with It’s a big week for CPU security vulnerabilities. Yesterday, different security researchers published details on two different vulnerabilities, one affecting multiple generations of Intel processors and another affecting the newest AMD… Read More »

Intel’s oft-delayed “Sapphire Rapids” Xeon CPUs are finally coming in early 2023

Enlarge / Intel’s Sapphire Rapids Xeon CPUs. reader comments 30 with 17 posters participating Share this story Intel’s next-generation Xeon CPUs based on the new Sapphire Rapids architecture have been delayed more than once, but Intel is finally gearing up to begin selling them to PC companies and end users. According to an announcement-about-an-announcement tweet… Read More »