Intel Publishes Official Response To 14th Gen & 13th Gen CPU Instability Issues: Cites Elevated Operating Voltages As Root Cause, New Microcode Patch In August

Intel has provided an official statement regarding 13th and 14th Gen CPU instability issues, citing elevating operating voltages as the root cause.

Intel Finally Founds The Root Cause of 14th Gen & 13th Gen Instability Issues, Operating Voltages The Primary Issue & New Microcode Patch Being Rolled Out

It looks like Intel has finally discovered the root cause of all the instability issues that have been affecting its 14th Gen and 13th Gen CPUs. It is explained in a community note that the elevated operating voltages were the primary contributor to the issues and were the result of problematic microcode algorithms that resulted in incorrect voltage requests to the CPU. The full statement is provided below:

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Intel states that they will be delivering a microcode patch that will address the root cause of the issue. The new microcode patch is currently being validated across various scenarios of instability to ensure the best possible outcome and is expected to roll out by mid-August to partners. This means that motherboard vendors will be rolling out their respective BIOS updates for 600-series and 700-series motherboards after mid-August after they have fully validated the new microcode on their motherboards.

Intel has further stated that it asks users of its 14th Gen & 13th Gen CPUs who are facing instability issues to reach out the Intel Customer Support for further assistance.

We also have a timeline of all the events that unfolded throughout the whole instability dilemma:

• [Dec 2022] The first instances of "Out of Video Memory" issues on 13th Gen Core i9 CPUs were reported back in 2022. (Source: Reddit). This is a few months after the release of Intel's 13th Gen CPUs & RTX 40 GPUs.
• [Throughout 2023] Several users have started reporting game crashes and issues in high-profile