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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Re:Mama told me only buy 100% IBM compatible by Anonymous Coward · 2004-02-03 16:43 · Score: 5, Informative

RTFA -- it will emulate the PC BIOS (see figure 3).