Latest about firmware
Board partners have begun pushing BIOS updates for Arrow Lake containing the 0x114 microcode and updated 1854 ME firmware.
The 0x114 microcode for Arrow Lake has leaked online but initial performance numbers suggest minimal gains in performance.
Users facing BSODs when updating their WD/SanDisk SSD-equipped systems to Windows 11 24H2 are strongly recommended to update their SSDs' firmware.
A PS5 firmware update has rendered several major titles unplayable with crashing or graphics glitches...the same week as two major AAA PS5-to-PC ports.
Crucial's old MX500 series SSDs are vulnerable to buffer overflow attacks. A fix or information on which firmware updates are impacted is unknown.
The AGESA BIOS PI 1.2.0.1 is real and brings performance improvements.
Guy Dupont is using a Raspberry Pi RP2040 to emulate Pong in the firmware of his mouse by using an RP2040 to interfere with the connection to the PC.
In the "let's see how far we can push this puppy" scene, Jeff Geerling has managed to max out the Raspberry Pi 5 CPU to a speedy 3.4 GHz.
