
What you need to know
- Intel announced plans to extend 13th Gen "Raptor Lake" and 14th Gen "Raptor Lake Refresh" warranties by two years amid a microcode issue causing the chips to degrade.
- The Abington Cole + Ellery law firm began a class action lawsuit investigation involving the CPU issues and Intel's handling of the matter.
- Since 2022, users of the affected CPUs have experienced frequent crashes and BSODs, with Intel only confirming the issue and root cause this week.
- The microcode bug can affect any 13th and 14th Gen desktop chips running at 65W or higher.