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Cybersecurity researchers from ETH Zurich have developed a new variant of the RowHammer DRAM (dynamic random-access memory) attack that, for the first time, successfully works against AMD Zen 2 and Zen 3 systems despite mitigations such as Target Row Refresh (TRR). “This result proves that AMD systems are equally vulnerable to Rowhammer as Intel systems, […]
Intel has released fixes to close out a high-severity flaw codenamed Reptar that impacts its desktop, mobile, and server CPUs. Tracked as CVE-2023-23583 (CVSS score: 8.8), the issue has the potential to “allow escalation of privilege and/or information disclosure and/or denial of service via local access.” Successful exploitation of the vulnerability could also permit a […]
A group of researchers has revealed details of a new vulnerability affecting Intel CPUs that enables attackers to obtain encryption keys and other secret information from the processors. Dubbed ÆPIC Leak, the weakness is the first-of-its-kind to architecturally disclose sensitive data in a manner that’s akin to an “uninitialized memory read in the CPU itself.” […]
Vulnerability testing specialists have revealed a security vulnerability that affects all Windows operating system computers running on Intel and AMD 64-bit processors. If exploited, these flaws could give a hacker access to passwords, private conversations, and other sensitive information stored in the operating system kernel memory. According to reports, the vulnerability takes advantage of the […]
A speculative execution vulnerability has been discovered by BitDefender researchers in systems running Intel modems built since 2012. SWAPGS vulnerability allows a malware-ridden program to access the computer’s kernel memory. This, in turn, allows the hacker to read sensitive data such as passwords, chat messages, e-mails, payment information and more. At the BlackHat conference 2019, […]
A leaked Geekbench score has revealed the AMD Ryzen 9 3950X CPU to be the fastest desktop-based CPUs on the market. With a Geekbench score of 61,072, it obliterates the Intel Core i9-9980 XE in multi-core performance. On the other hand, Core i9 9980 XE has a Geekbench score of 46,618 in multi-core performance. Not […]
At its “Next Horizon Gaming” keynote at E3, AMD President and CEO Lisa Su showed off the company’s next-generation PC hardware. Talking specifically about the CPU, AMD unveiled its flagship AMD Ryzen 9 3950X processor. The new 3950X CPU is a part of the upcoming lineup of 3rd generation of Ryzen desktop CPUs. Given the […]
Computers containing Intel chips from 2011 onwards are vulnerable to ZombieLoad bug. Intel processor chips have lately been accused of being flawed and unreliable in ensuring optimal computer performance and the current news further reinforces the fact that Intel needs to up its game and make its processor chips secure for users. According to security […]
The latest Intel CPU exploit termed Zombieload is a speculative execution side-channel attack. It uses Intel Hyperthreading to execute a Microarchitectural Data Sampling (MDS) attack which targets buffers in CPU microarchitecture. According to a report, Intel CPUs made since 2008 are all susceptible to this attack. The latest 8th and 9th gen Intel CPUs are […]
The US Department of Energy (DOE), in collaboration with Cray Inc. and AMD, has announced a new supercomputer, dubbed Frontier, which is touted to be the world’s fastest computer ever. To be developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Frontier is expected to be available for delivery in 2021. The supercomputer will be capable of delivering […]
Specification of the upcoming Intel 10th Gen Comet Lake CPU has been leaked on a Chinese Website. The latest CPUs will only offer a minor refresh of the current Whiskey Lake and Coffee Lake architectures. The CPU will mark the first time when Intel would be forced to use 5-digit numbering for its CPU models. […]
CPU comparison between Intel and ARM has been a topic since 2010 when Steve Jobs predicted the future of Apple with ARM. It was not long ago when Intel Atom used to be a thing. The processor started its journey on some smartphones but ended up receiving no proper app support. Intel processors were overshadowed […]
Intel Gen11 GPU is on its way with the company’s next generation of ‘Ice-Lake‘ CPUs. During Game Developer Conference, Intel showcased a presentation slide containing information regarding Gen11 integrated GPUs. The new Intel GPUs are said to have graphics performance equivalent to 1 Teraflop. This will easily improve performance in several real-world applications. Intel Gen11 GPU In […]
At the 2019 Games Developer Conference, Google unveiled its much-anticipated cloud gaming streaming service called Stadia. The company will be using its vast network of high-performance server infrastructure to create a service like “Netflix for Games.” At launch, which will take place at some point in 2019, the players will be able to play games […]
In the last two years, AMD has established itself as one of the best processor manufacturers with its Ryzen series. But on the other hand, AMD Ryzen GPU series went overlooked for a long time. Back in 2017, AMD released its Ryzen Mobile APU to compete with the Nvidia GPU’s on laptops. But the company […]
AMD made it to headlines at CES 2019 by unveiling Radeon VII — world’s first 7nm graphics card. Now the chip maker company has launched the powerful graphics card in India, and you can purchase it for INR 54,990. Built on Vega architecture, AMD Radeon VII is aimed at gamers and professionals who require extensive computational power for 3D rendering, and […]
AMD Radeon VII was one of the biggest announcements made at the CES 2019; it even got featured in our top highlights of CES video. This 2nd-gen Vega graphics card will be launching in early February and it’s also generating lots of questions. One such doubt that many open source enthusiasts might be having is […]
At AMD’s CES 2019 keynote, the company unveiled the Radeon VII gaming graphics card. It is the world’s first 7nm high-end gaming GPU and the third generation of AMD Ryzen CPU to reach consumer desktops. Starting from February 7th, the AMD Radeon VII will be available for $699 — the same price as Nvidia RTX 2080. The GPU, built on second-gen […]
The best gaming laptops and the best laptops were almost indistinguishable, few years ago. As long as you had an Intel Core i7 processor, 8GB of RAM and dedicated graphics, you were awesome. These days, though, everything has changed. We have you covered with the best gaming laptops you can buy today. In 2018, there are […]
AMD finalized its investigation on the vulnerabilities recently discovered by CTS Labs and announced that security patches will be released soon. AMD acknowledged 13 critical vulnerabilities and exploitable backdoors in its Ryzen and EPYC processors that were first disclosed earlier March by the information security training researchers at the firm CTS Labs. The CTS Labs researchers did […]
Last week, the Isreal-based security company CTS labs was trending in the news for disclosing 13 critical vulnerabilities in AMD’s Ryzen and Epyc processors–only to be slammed by Linus Torvalds and many other people. Now, the AMD has come up with a response on the matter. According to a blog post published on Tuesday, the security […]