Updates official guidance with these 'stopped' status security flawed processors. Intel quietly updated its microcode update guidance (PDF) on 2nd April. The last time we checked this document, back in mid-March, it was good news and Intel simultaneously revealed via a blog post that it had updated the microcode for all of the products it had launched in the past five years. The latest update to the PDF isn't very good news, as if you check through the document you will see that many processors/chipsets have been shifted to a new production status labelled 'stopped'.