For months, Intel has been racing to fix the widespread issue impacting several 13th and 14th Gen Core processors as the chips physically degrades due to a microcode bug that fed too much voltage to the silicon – after numerous fixes and announcements, the chipmaker has confirmed to The Verge that the issue is finally solved once and for all.
Intel: Root Cause Confirmed, All Fixes Released
Intel’s investigation has concluded that the “Vmin Shift” issue is indeed the root cause of the problem, which has since been fixed via a new microcode update that is now available through all motherboard vendors. Since then, a total of four mitigations has been provided which will fix the issue definitively for the chips that have yet to present any degradation symptoms.
That being said, Intel previously also promised to release tools to help detect any potentially degrading chips – but as Tom’s Hardware reported several days ago, this is still not available yet. The company told the publication that it “continues to investigate the possibility of a detection tool” and “will issue an update if one becomes available.”
Additionally, the chipmaker has also confirmed that this issue is only limited to high-end Raptor Lake-based desktop processors, and the upcoming Arrow Lake (Core Ultra 200 series) will not be affected by this issue.
Pokdepinion: Finally.
