Chipzilla finds two high-severity vulnerabilities
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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
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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
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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.

Microsoft shows off Milan-X benchmarks
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Large caches make it too sexy for Milan, Tokyo and Japan

Software King of the World has spilt the beans on Milan-X benchmarks to show the performance uplift that 3D V-Cache brings to the table.

Huawei flogs its x86 server division
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Not much point when you can’t buy chips for it

Huawei has sold its x86 server unit to a state-owned Chinese firm.