[colejohnson66]

Some x86 motherboards (especially high-end ones) are now adding this feature as well. They're sometimes referred to as "dual BIOS" motherboards.

[pixl97]

In this way BIOS's are so much better these days.

You can even boot and update your BIOS without a working processor. Did this over Christmas when the mainboard/CPU combo I got for a family member wasn't compatible. Just put in a USB drive with the correct file name and press a button on the board and it updated and I was good to go.

A little of topic, but just wanted to state how much better these things are than the old days where it was easy to brick a board.

[oblak]

Minor correction: many motherboards, especially high-end ones, have had this feature a decade or so