AMD has acknowledged an issue in which applications utilizing FMA3 code (basically compute and floating point heavy applications) can freeze Ryzen-based desktops. According to AMD, a fix is already on the way in the form of a basic bios update that will be issued to motherboard vendors, who will then most assuredly update their boards with the fix. If you want to be sure your Ryzen based system is not affected by this or numerous other teething issues, making sure you are running the latest BIOS will go a long way towards easing your experience with your new platform.AMD has not commented on the specifics of the bug itself, only saying they have "identified the root cause." Wherever the bug originates, it is likely a simple microcode patch that fixes the issue. Microcode has existed as a method to "patch" processor bugs since the infamous Pentium FDIV bug, when Intel decided it might just be smart to have a way to update the processor's running firmware with workarounds for newly discovered errata rather than just assuming it perfect on launch day. AMD and Intel both have microcode update methods now, and microcode can be updated via the bios. If this reported had to guess (and it might be worth noting that this reported has dabbled in bios-modding, so he's not clueless here), that would be my guess as to how they are addressing it.