Microsoft to issue Surface firmware updates to address Meltdown and Spectre exploits

[Yeff]

Microsoft to issue Surface firmware updates to address Meltdown and Spectre exploits

 

[jaekqubp]

No firmware updates for Surface Pro 1 and 2 owners, apparently.

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[netuser]

No firmware patches for the Surface 3 either.
The Surface 3 didn't even reach the first customers until May 2015.
So, this means the oldest Surface 3s are still less than 3 years old and some are less than 2. Yet, Microsoft still decided these are "older models" that won't get patched?

 

[GreyFox7]

Intel has to issue the firmware for the CPU first... Oh yeah, reissue since the first one was so bad Intel finally said not to install it. Intel just has a few CPUs to update...

 

[netuser]

They didn't say they are in progress, delayed or waiting for Intel. They just didn't mention the Surface 3 at all as if it is too old to bother with.

 

[GreyFox7]

Point being, Intel has not released a firmware fix for the Atom X7-Z8700 so Microsoft can't either, no matter how bad they want to, nor can they predict when Intel will release one. It is probably not high on their priority list.