Dasharo Compatible with MSI PRO Z690-A Release v1.1.2

Published at September 8, 2023 ·  10 min read

Discover the latest Dasharo v1.1.2 release, designed with you in mind. Enjoy the freedom to personalize with the new logo customization feature, and flash open-source firmware safely with Flash BIOS recovery support. Its about making firmware both fun and secure. Dive in to find out more....

Categories: firmware security

Our contribution to coreboot 4.20 release

Published at May 18, 2023 ·  4 min read

🎉 Celebrating coreboot 4.20 release! 🚀 Kudos to our contributors who have pushed the envelope in firmware security & optimization. Key updates: improved SoC support, TPM security, VT-d DMA protection & more. Check out the blog for all the details....

Categories: firmware

3mdeb Insights: A Look into 3mdeb's Open-Source Contributions

Published at April 27, 2023 ·  13 min read

We're thrilled to share our team's summary of open-source contributions from 2021 to the first half of 2023 with you. We've actively worked on enhancing various projects, including coreboot and fwupd. Our involvement has not only boosted the functionality and security of these projects but also equipped us with valuable expertise for our clients. Stay tuned for an insightful blog post diving into our open-source contributions!...

Categories: firmware manufacturing

Infrastructure for Xen development and debugging

Published at July 4, 2022 ·  5 min read

Back in 2018 at OSFC, we've presented AMD IOMMU enabling for PC Engines apuX (GX-412TC) platforms. Our hypervisor of choice was Xen and we used it to verify the PCI pass-through feature. Unfortunately, the booting process was not exactly stable. In this article, you can check how to prepare infrastructure for Xen development and debugging...

Categories: firmware os-dev security

Open Compute Open System Firmware (OCP OSF) and its' importance

Published at June 10, 2021 ·  6 min read

Let's figure out what is OCP Open System Firmware, see how it relates to the Open Source Firmware (OSF) - and why it is important for your company to have one running on your product....

Categories: firmware miscellaneous

Thoughts around OSFC 2020 – day 1

Published at December 21, 2020 ·  6 min read

Lets share some thoughts that evolved during the OSFC 2020 talks and send kudos to many people who made this conference happen....

Categories: firmware security

GRUB2 and 3mdeb minisummit 2019

Published at February 19, 2020 ·  7 min read

In December 2019 we had pleasure to meet Daniel Kiper #GRUB2 maintanaer in 3mdeb office in Gdańsk. We discussed various #GRUB2, #Xen, #firmware, #coreboot, #security and #TPM related topics. Results of that "minisummit" was presented in following blog post in form of presentations and videos....

Categories: firmware os-dev security

Platform Security Summit 2019 impressions. Part 1

Published at October 22, 2019 ·  5 min read

We are happy to announce that 3mdeb representation took part in Platform Security Summit 2019. In the next weeks we are going to briefly refer what took our attention and enclose the course of this conference....

Categories: miscellaneous security

How to build an Embedded Systems Consulting business?

Published at September 6, 2019 ·  11 min read

At some point in engineer career we may consider building our own consulting business. In following blog post I share the experience that I gained building 3mdeb Embedded Systems Consulting....

Categories: miscellaneous

Qubes OS and 3mdeb 'minisummit' 2019

Published at August 7, 2019 ·  8 min read

In May we had pleasure to meet Marek Marczykowski-Górecki #QubesOS Project Lead in 3mdeb office in Gdańsk. We discussed various #QubesOS, #Xen, #firmware, #coreboot, #security and #TPM related topics. Results of that "minisummit" was presented in following blog post....

Categories: firmware os-dev security