A Linux patch suggests automatically alerting the user that their Intel CPU is using an old microcode.

On January 8th Intel released new Linux Processor microcode data files that can be used to mitigate the Spectre and and Meltdown vulnerabilities in Intel CPUs. Using microcodes, an operating ...

On the CPU front, AMD has officially taken over with a whopping 69 per cent share among Linux users. No surprise really, considering the Deck’s custom AMD APU and the open-source friendliness ...

AMD Zen 3 processors are getting a little Linux love ahead of their release later this year, seemingly confirming a significant change from the existing Zen CPU architectures we've already seen ...

Blender's latest version, 2.92, has just released, and as usual, we're going to dig into its performance and see which CPUs and GPUs reign supreme. For something a bit different this go-around, we're ...

AMD's shiny new CPU software is still early in development, meaning there's no release date just yet. The company says it's currently working on integrating the driver into the official Linux ...

It's an age-old question: is Linux better than Windows, or vice-versa? It's of course a loaded question, but we can easily take a look at specific angles, such as performance. In this quick match-up, ...

Improved CPU performance scaling will have benefits for Linux gamers everywhere. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Valve's ...

Two new chip vulnerabilities, AMD Inception and Intel Downfall, forced Torvalds to push out Linux security fixes.

Linux Meltdown patch: 'Up to 800 percent CPU overhead', Netflix tests show The performance impact of Meltdown patches makes it essential to move systems to Linux 4.14.

I suppose the holy grail would be to bootstrap your custom CPU into a full-blown Linux system. That’s a big enough job that I haven’t done it. Although you might be more productive than I am ...