GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY Co. Ltd, a leading manufacturer of motherboards, graphics cards and hardware solutions, today announced the latest BIOS update for AMD platform motherboards. It not only supports XNUMXrd generation AMD Ryzen ™ XT desktop processors, but also provides effective fixes for some of the security issues related to the SMM Callout vulnerability on AMD APUs.
GIGABYTE worked closely with AMD to provide the best performance, best user experience, and recovery from security issues. After the previous version of the new BIOS for Ryzen ™ XT processors, GIGABYTE is also aware of the possibility of security issues related to SMM Callout on AMD APU processors released from 2016 to 2019. The issue allows attackers to perform any coding and control 'whole system through the AMD AGESA microcode system management mode.
Upon receipt of the new AMD AGESA microcode, GIGABYTE RD confirmed that the GIGABYTE BIOS with AMD AGESA Combo V2 1.0.0.2 microcode and Combo V1 1.0.0.6, not only supports XNUMXrd generation AMD Ryzen ™ XT desktop processors , but also provides an effective solution for possible security issues related to SMM Callout on part of the AMD APU. Users can update the latest BIOS to motherboards through different ways like GIGABYTE @BIOS, Q-Flash. With Q-Flash Plus on X570 and B550 series motherboards, users can easily update the BIOS without even installing processor, memory, graphics cards, so they can easily enjoy the new BIOS and take full advantage of the new processors.
The latest BIOS Beta for GIGABYTE AMD X570 and B550 motherboards has already been uploaded to the official website, while the latest BIOS for X470, B450 and other chipsets will be loaded after mid-July. Users can download the new BIOS to optimize their systems; please visit GIGABYTE official website to get the latest BIOS updates.
AMD Platform Motherboard BIOS update List:
| chipset | BIOS Version | Beta BIOS Release Date | Formal BIOS Release Date |
| X570 | F20 and after | Mid. of June, 2020
（Ready for download） |
Mid. of July, 2020 |
| B550 | F2 and after * | Mid. of June, 2020
（Ready for download） |
Mid. of July, 2020 |
| X470 | F51 and after | Mid. of July, 2020 | Mid. of July, 2020 |
| B450 | F51 and after * | Mid. of July, 2020 | Mid. of July, 2020 |
| X370 | F50 and after | Mid. of July, 2020 | Mid. of July, 2020 |
| B350 | F50 and after | Mid. of July, 2020 | Mid. of July, 2020 |
| A320 | F50 and after * | Mid. of July, 2020 | Mid. of July, 2020 |
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