Intro To Intel's Next-Gen BIOS Architecture

Posted by timothy on Tuesday February 3, 2004 @02:43PM from the redefining-basic dept.

An anonymous reader writes "This article introduces the Intel Platform Innovation Framework for the Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI), which is intended to provide an alternative to BIOS that will allow for faster booting, manageability, and additional features. According to the author, there has been rapid evolution of the personal computer platform since the 1980s. These advances have included order-of-magnitude increases in performance, ease-of-use, storage capacity, and connectivity. But there is one element of the PC that has not changed for the past 23 years -- namely, the BIOS (basic input/output system)."

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progress? by prof187 · 2004-02-03 14:51 · Score: 5, Funny

According to the author, there has been rapid evolution of the personal computer platform since the 1980s

What?! When did this happen and why wasn't I told? Time to trade in the vacuum tubes

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1. Re:progress? by djdanlib · 2004-02-03 22:11 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  You had vacuum tubes? Back in my day, we didn't have electricity. We had to use colored rocks, and those were hard to find because the world was in black and white, and sometimes one of us would get eaten by a mountain lion! And we were thankful!
Do we need faster booting? by mixmaster · 2004-02-03 19:29 · Score: 2, Funny

We don't need faster booting, everyone turns on their computer, and then goes for coffee like a zombie.