Intel says its latest round of Skylake Spectre patches is ready to go
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The latest chapter in the saga of Intel's response to the Meltdown and Spectre security updates has come about. Intel's most recent blog post announces that the company has released production-ready microcode updates for Skylake platforms to OEMs and system vendors, and that it expects to have patches ready for "more platforms" in the next few days.
Executive vice-president and general manager of Intel's Data Center Group Navin Shenoy says that the company is also still producing beta microcode updates so that its partners can assist in testing them before the updates go into production. Shenoy strongly ...