Microsoft said today that it would take Intel CPU microcode updates meant to fix the Spectre v2 vulnerability and ship these updates to users via a Windows update package. The announcement is a change ...
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 microcode files, an operating ...
I highly doubt mainboard manufacturers will make new bios/uefi firmwares now just for Skylake and then again do new ones when Kaby etc. is done (given that Skylake and Kaby Lake run on the same boards ...