It is the 50th anniversary of the Intel 4004 microprocessor
The world changed
Yesterday was the 50th birthday of the the Intel 4004 microprocessor, which was the first computer chip carved onto silicon.
New rowhammer is a hacker’s dream
Non-uniform patterns cause RAM to bitflip
A new flavour of row hammer can bypass all mitigations that are deployed inside DRAM.
Chipzilla finds two high-severity vulnerabilities
Wide range of processor families
Intel has disclosed two high-severity vulnerabilities that affect a wide range of Intel processor families, allowing threat actors and malware to gain higher privilege levels on the device.
Asus and Gigabyte provide support for Ryzen 5000 series support
A320 users have an upgrade path
Asus and Gigabyte have enabled Ryzen 5000 series support on many of their A320 boards.
Microsoft ties Windows 11 SE to its hardware
It will not allow it to be installed on other PCs
Software King of the World Microsoft might be onto a winner with its the $250 Surface Laptop SE but it is keeping its software locked into its hardware.