
New security vulnerabilities in Intel chips
According to a report in the computer technology magazine "c't", there are new serious security loopholes in Intel chips.
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According to a report in the computer technology magazine "c't", there are new serious security loopholes in Intel chips.

Intel launched around 30 new processors on the market on April 2, 2018. The manufacturers of computer modules and embedded boards have now announced the first products with this processor generation.

Intel's presentation of its latest processors at the beginning of the week was really spoiled. Just a few hours earlier, it had become known that major customer Apple was planning to equip its Macs only with its own CPUs in future.

Wind River is taken over by the investment company TPG Capital. The operating system and software manufacturer hopes to be able to act more independently again.

After releasing microcode updates for all CPUs of the last five years, Intel is now also announcing new 'Xeon SP' and 'Core i' processors. These rely on a new hardware design to arm themselves against attacks such as 'Meltdown' and 'Spectre'.
China has taken a major step towards independence from US manufacturers Intel and AMD with the launch of the latest x86 processors from Zhaoxin. The new chips were unveiled at the 19th China International Industry Fair in Shanghai.

The new scalable Xeon processors from Intel are aimed at companies for which computing-intensive tasks such as real-time data analysis, virtualized infrastructures and high-performance computing are important.

Is OPC UA plus TSN the exclusive industrial communication solution of the future? The so-called "Shaper Group" is now emphasizing this conviction with a white paper. Computer & AUTOMATION offers it for download.

CES / Consumer Electronics Show 2018
The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas always provides interesting impetus for the industry. This year, companies once again presented numerous innovations - particularly in the areas of connected vehicles and HMI technologies.

With the iBase MI811, Fortec offers an SoC motherboard in the Mini-ITX form factor (170 mm × 170 mm). Equipped with Intel's embedded processors based on the Goldmont microarchitecture, the SoC has a low power dissipation of 6 W.