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Why Intel Wants BIOS Dead

Posted by timothy on from the because-bios-stole-its-harley dept.

An anonymous reader writes "This brief, readable whitepaper by Brian Richardson, a product manager at BIOS-vendor AMI, examines the history of BIOS firmware and explains why chipmaker Intel has invested much time and effort to create and promote a firmware framework to replace BIOS. Why would a chip company care about firmware? Read Richardson's paper about the 'Evolution of BIOS: EFI, the Framework, and beyond' to find out."

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  1. Re: why has Intel killed Alpha 21264? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Intel was an ass!
    Intel is an ass!
    Intel will be an ass!

    Intel was an ass!
    Intel is an ass!
    Intel will be an ass!

    I will use PowerPC G5 with Mac OS X (full 64 bit?) while Alpha 21264 actually was underperformed and expensive.