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Microcode in x86 Intel processors
Intel microcode is proprietary microcode designed by Intel to implement the x86 instruction set architecture and govern other behavior of x86 CPUs. On
Intel_microcode
Layer of hardware-level instructions or data structures
many modern Intel and AMD general-purpose processors, common instructions are decoded directly into internal micro-operations, while microcode is used mainly
Microcode
Line of Intel microprocessors released in 2022
code and microcode used with these CPUs supplied improperly high voltages, resulting in instability as the circuit degrades over time. Intel claims that
Raptor_Lake
16-bit microprocessor
the Intel 8086 processor". — (March 2023). "Reverse-engineering the register codes for the 8086 processor's microcode". — (April 2023). "The microcode and
Intel_8086
Introduced January 1, 1981 as Intel's first 32-bit microprocessor Multi-chip CPU Object/capability architecture Microcoded operating system primitives One
List_of_Intel_processors
Successor to the Intel 386
AMD's 486 processor – one reverse-engineered from Intel's microcode, while the other used AMD's microcode in a clean-room design process. However, the settlement
I486
Line of CPUs produced by Intel
performance caused by certain BIOS configurations. Intel addressed this issue via a series of microcode and Windows updates released through December 2024
Intel_Core
Instruction set architecture extension
randomization (KASLR) on all major operating systems. In 2021, Intel released a microcode update that disabled the TSX/TSX-NI feature on CPU generations
Transactional Synchronization Extensions
Transactional_Synchronization_Extensions
32-bit microprocessor by Intel
(2008), and NetBSD with the 5.0 release (2009). In May 2026, the Intel 80386 microcode was reverse engineered and publicly disassembled by a group including
I386
American multinational semiconductor company
reverse-engineered clone of the Intel 8080, and the Am2900 bit-slice microprocessor family. When Intel began installing microcode in its microprocessors in
AMD
Pentium Pro in 1995. This has allowed bugs in the Intel Core 2 microcode and Intel Xeon microcode to be fixed in software, rather than requiring the entire
Control_store
Family of instruction set architectures
set computer (CISC) instruction set architectures initially developed by Intel, based on the 8086 microprocessor and its 8-bit-external-bus variant, the
X86
Reverse-engineering without infringing copyright
NEC Corp. v Intel Corp. (1990), NEC sought declaratory judgment against Intel's charges that NEC's engineers simply copied the microcode of the 8086 processor
Clean-room_design
Firmware for hardware initialization and OS runtime services
UEFI firmware. Intel processors have reprogrammable microcode since the P6 microarchitecture. AMD processors have reprogrammable microcode since the K7
BIOS
Intel microprocessor
referred to as the i586 or P5 Pentium) is a microprocessor introduced by Intel on March 22, 1993. It is the first CPU using the Pentium brand. Considered
Pentium_(original)
2024 Intel product line
Retrieved 13 January 2026. Maruccia, Alfonso (2 January 2025). "Intel's latest microcode update fails to fix Arrow Lake performance issues". TechSpot. Retrieved
Arrow_Lake_(microprocessor)
Processor security vulnerability
problematic Intel Microcode fix—which had, in some cases, caused reboots, system instability, and data loss or corruption—issued earlier by Intel for the
Spectre (security vulnerability)
Spectre_(security_vulnerability)
Intel microprocessor family
Alder Lake is Intel's codename for the 12th generation of Intel Core processors based on a hybrid architecture utilizing Golden Cove performance cores
Alder_Lake
CPU microarchitecture by Intel
February 9, 2016, Intel announced that it would no longer allow such overclocking of non-K processors, and that it had issued a CPU microcode update that removes
Skylake_(microarchitecture)
Production model by Intel
Tick–tock was a production model adopted in 2007 by chip manufacturer Intel. Under this model, every new process technology was first used to manufacture
Tick–tock_model
Subset of x86 instruction set architecture for floating-point arithmetic
strictly needed to construct working programs, but provide hardware and microcode implementations of common numerical tasks, allowing these tasks to be
X87
Processor microarchitecture
is that Intel should just have documented the TLB behavior better." Microsoft has issued update KB936357 to address the errata by microcode update, with
Intel Core (microarchitecture)
Intel_Core_(microarchitecture)
Single chip microcontroller series by Intel
original MCS-51 instruction set. The original Intel 8051 was a microcode engine using 12 clocked microcode cycles per machine cycle to minimize the number
Intel_MCS-51
Intel processor microarchitecture
August 2014 when a microcode update disabled TSX due to a bug that was discovered in its implementation. While Ivy Bridge is the last Intel processor to fully
Haswell_(microarchitecture)
Line of Intel server and workstation processors
a brand of x86 microprocessors designed, manufactured, and marketed by Intel, targeted at the non-consumer workstation, server, and embedded markets
Xeon
Discontinued Intel microprocessor architecture
The iAPX 432 (Intel Advanced Performance Architecture) is a discontinued computer architecture introduced in 1981. It was Intel's first 32-bit processor
Intel_iAPX_432
CPU microarchitecture by Intel
2011. "June 2015 Intel CPU microcode update for Windows". Retrieved November 7, 2020. "Windows 7: June 2015 microcode update for Intel processors in Windows"
Ivy Bridge (microarchitecture)
Ivy_Bridge_(microarchitecture)
64-bit extension of x86 architecture
different microcode update format and control MSRs, while Intel 64 implements microcode update unchanged from their 32-bit only processors. Intel 64 lacks
X86-64
Intel processor microarchitecture
2011. "June 2015 Intel CPU microcode update for Windows". Retrieved 2020-11-07. "Windows 7: June 2015 microcode update for Intel processors in Windows"
Sandy_Bridge
Floating-point microprocessor
the Intel 8087 floating point chip, reverse-engineered". Shirriff, Ken (December 2025). "Conditions in the Intel 8087 floating-point chip's microcode".
Intel_8087
16-bit microprocessor introduced by NEC
simply copy Intel's microcode, and that the microcode in the V20 and V30 was sufficiently different from Intel's to not infringe Intel's copyright. The
NEC_V20
American multinational technology company
Intel Corporation is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California. It designs, manufactures, and sells computer
Intel
2021 Intel CPU socket
insertion force flip-chip land grid array (LGA) socket, compatible with Intel desktop processors based on Alder Lake and Raptor Lake, which was first
LGA_1700
Line of desktop and mobile microprocessors produced by Intel
to the processor's microcode, effective cooling, higher voltage (1.75 V vs. 1.65 V), and specifically validated platforms. Intel only officially supported
Pentium_III
Microprocessor model
The Intel 80286 (also marketed as the iAPX 286 and often called Intel 286) is a 16-bit microprocessor that was introduced on February 1, 1982. It was
Intel_80286
Instruction set extension by Intel
by Intel in July 2013, and first implemented in the 2016 Intel Xeon Phi x200 (Knights Landing), and then later in a number of AMD and other Intel CPUs
AVX-512
16-bit microcontroller
rate of the 80186 was 6 MHz, but due to more hardware available for the microcode to use, especially for address calculation, many individual instructions
Intel_80186
Computer vulnerability using speculative execution
previously released microcode updates, along with new, pre-release microcode updates can be used to mitigate these flaws. On January 18, 2019, Intel disclosed three
Transient execution CPU vulnerability
Transient_execution_CPU_vulnerability
Microprocessor security vulnerability
Retrieved 2018-01-26. Bright, Peter (2018-04-04). "Intel drops plans to develop Spectre microcode for ancient chips". ArsTechnica.com. Archived from the
Meltdown (security vulnerability)
Meltdown_(security_vulnerability)
Fifth generation of Intel Core processors
of the Intel Core processor. It is Intel's codename for the 14 nanometer die shrink of its Haswell microarchitecture. It is a "tick" in Intel's tick–tock
Broadwell_(microarchitecture)
Sixth-generation x86 microprocessor by Intel
version of the microcode BIOS (e.g. with the current 200 MHz 'P6S' with the Identifier SY013: CPU step A0, cache step B1, BIOS: sA0C05).] "Intel Architecture
Pentium_Pro
List of x86 microprocessor instructions
register is left unmodified. On some Intel CPU/microcode combinations from 2019 onwards, as well as some AMD CPU/microcode combinations from 2025 onwards,
List_of_x86_instructions
Instructions for the x86 microprocessors
microprocessors from Intel and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). They were proposed by Intel in March 2008 and first supported by Intel with the Sandy Bridge
Advanced_Vector_Extensions
Security-related instruction code processor extension
Intel Software Guard Extensions (SGX) is a set of instruction codes implementing trusted execution environment that are built into some Intel central
Software_Guard_Extensions
Microprocessor family released in 2016
HyperThreading Discovered Requiring BIOS Microcode Fix". HotHardware.com. Retrieved August 27, 2018. "[WARNING] Intel Skylake/Kaby Lake processors: broken
Kaby_Lake
Unauthorized release of information online
Intel Microcode and software simulators of their hardware. Their various BIOS source code was also leaked. The SpaceX cameras firmware that Intel worked
Internet_leak
2010-10-03. "Intel(R) 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer's Manual, Volume 3A: System Programming Guide, Part 1, Chapter 8.11: "Microcode update facilities""
Microassembler
Computer security vulnerability
2023, after a year-long embargo period. Intel promised microcode updates to resolve the vulnerability. The microcode patches have been shown to significantly
Downfall (security vulnerability)
Downfall_(security_vulnerability)
Computer instruction for returning hardware-generated random numbers
performance comparison between a PRNG and CSPRNG cannot be made. A microcode update released by Intel in June 2020, designed to mitigate the CrossTalk vulnerability
RDRAND
Software anyone is free to redistribute
run-rt3071 for run(4))". BSD Cross Reference, OpenBSD src/sys/dev/microcode/rum/. "ipw.4 – Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 IEEE 802.11b wireless network device, Sh FILES"
Freely redistributable software
Freely_redistributable_software
Processor with instructions capable of multi-step operations
sequence of simpler instructions. One reason for this was that architects (microcode writers) sometimes "over-designed" assembly language instructions, including
Complex instruction set computer
Complex_instruction_set_computer
Intel server CPU socket
also known as Socket J, is a CPU interface introduced by Intel in 2006. It is used in Intel Core microarchitecture and NetBurst microarchitecture (Dempsey)
LGA_771
Family of backward-compatible assembly languages
of languages provide backward compatibility with CPUs dating back to the Intel 8008 microprocessor, introduced in April 1972. As assembly languages, they
X86_assembly_language
Part of a computer system
perform some of these tasks with much greater speed. The introduction of microcode in the 1960s allowed these instructions to be included in the system's
Floating-point_unit
Proprietary simultaneous multithreading implementation by Intel
In Intel Skylake And Kaby Lake HyperThreading Discovered Requiring BIOS Microcode Fix". HotHardware.com. Retrieved 27 August 2018. "[WARNING] Intel Skylake/Kaby
Hyper-threading
Intel CPU vulnerability discovered in late 2023
escalation. It has been assigned the CVE ID CVE-2023-23583. Intel have released new microcode in an out-of-band patch to mitigate the vulnerability, which
Reptar_(vulnerability)
Computer processor contained on an integrated-circuit chip
purely hard-wired logic (subsequent 16-bit microprocessors typically used microcode to some extent, as CISC design requirements were becoming too complex
Microprocessor
Technical specification for firmware architecture
have platform specific binary code that precedes it. (e.g., Intel ME, AMD PSP, CPU microcode). It consists of minimal code written in assembly language
UEFI
Processor executing one instruction in minimal clock cycles
by their trip through the microcode. If the microcode was removed, the programs would run faster. And since the microcode ultimately took a complex instruction
Reduced instruction set computer
Reduced_instruction_set_computer
Extension for x86 processors
extensions to the x86 instruction set architecture for microprocessors from Intel and AMD. The purpose of these instruction sets is to improve the speed of
X86 Bit manipulation instruction set
X86_Bit_manipulation_instruction_set
Mobile processor from Intel
Processors". Tom's Hardware. 12 August 2008. Retrieved 2009-02-20. "Microcode update for Intel processors in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2". Retrieved
Penryn_(microprocessor)
Family of Intel microprocessors
microarchitecture, which is the dual-core variant of the Pentium 4 manufactured by Intel. Each CPU comprised two cores. The brand's first processor, codenamed Smithfield
Pentium_D
Form of non-volatile memory used in computers and other electronic devices
read-only storage (CROS) and transformer read-only storage (TROS) to store microcode for the smaller System/360 models, the 360/85, and the initial two System/370
Read-only_memory
Low-level instructions used in some designs to implement complex machine instructions
caching. Various forms of μops have long been the basis for traditional microcode routines used to simplify the implementation of a particular CPU design
Micro-operation
solution. The UMC U5 Series design was focused on microcode optimizations. An equivalently clocked Intel or AMD processor required 40 cycles to perform an
UMC_Green_CPU
Computer hardware technology
Intel Trusted Execution Technology (Intel TXT, formerly known as LaGrande Technology) is a computer hardware technology of which the primary goals are:
Trusted_Execution_Technology
Secondary manufacturer of electronic components
Intel then claimed that AMD's license to the 386 microcode only allowed AMD to "use" the microcode but not to sell products incorporating it. The courts
Second_source
American businessman; co-founder of Advanced Micro Devices
to copy Intel's processor microcode to make its own x86 processors, a deal that eventually made the company the only real competitor to Intel. The open-ended
Jerry_Sanders_(businessman)
AMD brand for microprocessors
Intel, had largely dominated this market segment starting from the 2006 release of their Core microarchitecture and the Core 2 Duo. Similarly, Intel had
Ryzen
Hardware security attack
but the attack has not been tested on them. Neither Intel nor AMD are planning to release microcode patches, instead advising to harden cryptography libraries
Hertzbleed
Version history of the Linux kernel
2026. "Intel QAT Zstd, QAT Gen6 Improvements Merged For Linux 7.1". www.phoronix.com. Retrieved 31 May 2026. "Intel® QuickAssist Technology (Intel® QAT)
Linux_kernel_version_history
Translator of computer source code
system platforms. Intel marketed their 16-bit processor 8086 to be source compatible to the 8080, an 8-bit processor. To support this, Intel had an ISIS-II-based
Source-to-source_compiler
Computer designed to run a specific language
stack machine (as in the Burroughs Large Systems and Intel 432), and implemented the HLL via microcode in the processor (as in Burroughs Small Systems and
High-level language computer architecture
High-level_language_computer_architecture
Processor security vulnerability
infeasible, in part due to performance impact. Intel is planning to address Variant 4 by releasing a microcode patch that creates a new hardware flag named
Speculative_Store_Bypass
Instruction for x86 microprocessors
allowing software to discover details of the processor. It was introduced by Intel in 1993 with the launch of the Pentium and late 486 processors. A program
CPUID
Instructions a computer can execute
when Intel upgraded the Intel 8080 to the Intel 8086. Intel simplified the Intel 8086 to manufacture the cheaper Intel 8088. IBM embraced the Intel 8088
Computer_program
Layer of protection in computer systems
CPU architectures that provide different CPU modes at the hardware or microcode level. Rings are arranged in a hierarchy from most privileged (most trusted
Protection_ring
8-bit microprocessor
KR580VM80A (Russian: КР580ВМ80А) is a Soviet microprocessor, a clone of the Intel 8080 CPU. Different versions of this CPU were manufactured beginning in
KR580VM80A
Code name for various mobile Intel processors
November 4, 2007. "Microcode update for Intel processors in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2". Retrieved November 3, 2020. List of Intel processors codenamed
Merom_(microprocessor)
Software published only in binary code
devices (e.g., Intel Wireless) from being available during the initial install). On Microsoft Windows implementations, the microcode binary may be embedded
Binary_blob
Low-level computer software
high-speed memory) into which microcode firmware would be loaded. Many software functions would be moved to microcode, and instruction sets could be
Firmware
Set of rules describing computer system
standards define different programmer-visible macroarchitectures. Microcode: microcode is software that translates instructions to run on a chip. It acts
Computer_architecture
Microarchitecture
cache and an 8 KB data cache. The floating-point divide and square-root microcode were mechanically proven. The floating-point transcendental instructions
AMD_K5
Central computer component that executes instructions
this improvement, IBM used the concept of a microprogram (often called "microcode"), which still sees widespread use in modern CPUs. The System/360 architecture
Central_processing_unit
Series of 32 bit CISC microprocessors
personal computers and workstations and were the primary competitors of Intel's x86 microprocessors. They were best known as the processors used in the
Motorola_68000_series
register – Intel 8008 – Intel 80186 – Intel 80188 – Intel 80386 – Intel 80486SX – Intel 80486 – Intel 8048 – Intel 8051 – Intel 8080 – Intel 8086 – Intel 80x86
Index_of_computing_articles
Part of the control unit of a CPU
MCL51, and MCL65 cores which emulate the Intel 8086/8088, 8051 and MOS 6502 instruction sets entirely in microcode. The Digital Scientific Corp. Meta 4 Series
Microsequencer
Computer programmer
a portable Smalltalk machine, and wrote the initial Dorado Smalltalk microcode for Smalltalk. He owns, and programs software for, Ingenuity Software
Bruce_Horn
Version of the Linux kernel without proprietary code
Linux-libre does not suggest the user install CPU microcode update bundles, since the code is proprietary. Microcode update bundles have been used in the mainline
Linux-libre
Write once computer memory
digital electronic devices to store low level programs such as firmware or microcode. PROMs may be used during development of a system that will ultimately
Programmable_ROM
using Intel ICE microcode without a valid license, resulting in a lawsuit that AMD lost in late 1994. As a result of this loss, the ICE microcode was removed
List of discontinued x86 instructions
List_of_discontinued_x86_instructions
Model that describes the programmable interface of a computer processor
employ microcode routines or tables (or both) to do this, using ROMs or writable RAMs (writable control store), PLAs, or both. Some microcoded CPU designs
Instruction_set_architecture
8-bit microprocessor
personal computing. It was designed to be software-compatible with the Intel 8080, offering a compelling alternative due to its better integration and
Zilog_Z80
1973 minicomputer from Wang Laboratories
July 1989 as the 2200 CS/386. This used a 16 MHz Intel 80386 as the CPU and implemented the 2200 microcode on top. The entire machine fit onto a single plug-in
Wang_2200
Series of 16-bit minicomputers
with a ribbon cable connecting to the third microcode ROM socket. The source code for EIS/FIS microcode was included so these instructions, normally
PDP-11
American electronics company
processors.[citation needed] Rarely used x86 instructions are implemented in microcode and emulated as combinations of other x86 instructions. This saves die
Centaur_Technology
engineering manager and he later was Project Manager for the Intel 8086 processor. Microcode could be developed using a DEC LSI-11 computer with the KUV11-AA
MCP-1600
CPU vulnerabilities
Microarchitectural Data Sampling (MDS) vulnerabilities are a set of weaknesses in Intel x86 microprocessors that use hyper-threading, and leak data across protection
Microarchitectural Data Sampling
Microarchitectural_Data_Sampling
processor for low cost. However, this would require the use of a larger microcode emulator to provide the rest of the instruction set, which would slow
History of general-purpose CPUs
History_of_general-purpose_CPUs
Computer company focused on DEC's PDP-11
used to implement the memory management unit. An Intel i960 processor was used to load the microcode, perform floating point (in IEEE format) and provide
Mentec
INTEL MICROCODE
INTEL MICROCODE
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from either of two Old Norse personal names: Ingjaldr, in which the prefix in- probably reinforces the element -gjaldr, related to Old Norse gjalda ‘to pay or recompense’, or Ingólfr ‘Ing’s wolf’ (Ing was an ancient Germanic fertility god).English : habitational name from Ingol in Lancashire, which is named from the Old English personal name Inga + holh ‘hollow’, ‘depression’.Probably a variant of German Ingel, from a short form of any of several Germanic personal names formed with Ing- (see 1 above).An early bearer, Richard Ingle (1609–c. 1653), was a rebel and a pirate who first came to the colonies in 1631 or 1632 as a tobacco merchant. He is known to have practiced piracy in MD.
Boy/Male
German
Angel.
Boy/Male
German, Swedish
Angel; Bright Angle
INTEL MICROCODE
INTEL MICROCODE
Male
Greek
(ÎαβουχοδονόσοÏ) Greek form of Hebrew Nebuwkadnetstsar, NABUCHODONOSOR means "Nebo, defend my crown" or "Nebo, defend my firstborn son." In the bible, this is the name of a ruler of Babylon who conquered Judah and Jerusalem and destroyed temples.
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada
Lover of Kanha (Radha)
Boy/Male
Muslim
Servant of the Most Compassionate.
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Friend
Girl/Female
African, Indian, Sanskrit, Swahili
Purifying; A Broom; Coral; From Swahili; That which Cleans
Girl/Female
Indian
Traveler
Girl/Female
Danish
Feminine of Neils.
Male
Finnish
Pet form of Finnish Aapeli, AAPO means "vanity," i.e. "transitory."
Female
Egyptian
, the queen of King Pepi-Merira.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Godley.Probably also an Americanized spelling of South German and Swiss German Gütle (or the variants Güttly and Gütler), a status name for a smallholder (see Goodlin).
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v. t.
To deposit or inter in a chapel; to enshrine.
v. t.
To bury; to inter; to entomb; as, obscurely sepulchered.
n.
The space within an arch, and above a lintel or a subordinate arch, spanning the opening below the arch.
n.
Any part of a building, whether constructional, as a pier, column, lintel, or the like, or decorative, as a molding, or group of moldings.
imp. & p. p.
of Inter
v. t.
To deposit in a tomb, as a dead body; to bury; to inter; to inhume.
v. t.
To inhume; to bury; to inter.
n.
The lintel of a fireplace when of wood, as frequently in early houses.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Inter
v. t.
To deposit and cover in the earth; to bury; to inhume; as, to inter a dead body.
v. t.
To inter with funeral rites; to bury.
n.
The uppermost of any assemblage of parts; as, the cap of column, door, etc.; a capital, coping, cornice, lintel, or plate.
v. t.
To deposit, as a dead body, in the earth; to bury; to inter.
v. t.
To inter again.
n.
A horizontal member spanning an opening, and carrying the superincumbent weight by means of its strength in resisting crosswise fracture.
n.
The under side of the subordinate parts and members of buildings, such as staircases, entablatures, archways, cornices, or the like. See Illust. of Lintel.
v. t.
To inter.
v. t.
To cover with earth or mold; to inter; to bury; -- sometimes with up.
v. t.
To place in a tomb; to bury; to inter; to entomb.