Microsoft releases new Windows 10 Intel CPU microcode updates

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Microsoft has released a new set of Intel microcode updates for Windows 10 20H2, 2004, 1909, and older versions to fix bugs impacting multiple Intel CPU families.
 
Microcode updates are released by Intel after discovering bugs in their CPUs to allow OS vendors to patch the CPU behavior to address or at least partially mitigate the issues.
 
Intel microcode patches have been regularly used to fix hardware security vulnerabilities such as Spectre, Meltdown, Microarchitectural Data Sampling (MDS), and Platypus vulnerabilities.
 
Today, Microsoft released six optional updates to fix issues impacting current and previously released Windows 10 versions.
 
The Intel microcode release adds seven CPU families that will receive the latest fixes from Intel:

• 10th Generation Intel Core Processor Family
  
• Comet Lake S (6+2)
  
• Comet Lake S (10+2)
  
• Comet Lake U62
  
• Comet Lake U6+2
  
• Ice Lake Y42/U42 ES2 SUP
  
• Lakefield
  

For devices using one of the above processor families, the associated Intel Microcode update will be automatically offered via Windows Update.
 
The standalone update can also be directly downloaded from the Microsoft Catalog using the following links:

• KB4589212: Intel microcode updates for Windows 10, version 2004 and 20H2, and Windows Server, version 2004 and 20H2
  
• KB4589211: Intel microcode updates for Windows 10, version 1903 and 1909, and Windows Server, version 1903 and 1909
  
• KB4589208: Intel microcode updates for Windows 10, version 1809 and Windows Server 2019
  
• KB4589206: Intel microcode updates for Windows 10, version 1803
  
• KB4589210: Intel microcode updates for Windows 10, version 1607 and Windows Server 2016
  
• KB4589198: Intel microcode updates for Windows 10, version 1507
  

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