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Posted bybrian_amiJan 18, 2011
Wow, I take the week of CES off and looks what happens … everybody is talking about UEFI. My Twitter account exploded with articles on UEFI from around the world (thank you Google Translate, since I can’t read French, German, Japanese, Chinese or Indonesian).   The big focus seems to be on the cool graphical interfaces companies like Asus and MSI are adding to UEFI on their desktop platforms. And I admit, they’re pretty cool … the BIOS setup menu has been pretty muc...Read More
0 Comments Permalink Tags: AMI, embedded, uefi, ia, architecture, askabiosguy, blog, gui, setup, headless, redirection, console
Posted bybrian_amiJun 14, 2010
Ben Hardwidge at THINQ recently wrote an “exclusive” article stating that MSI’s upcoming shift to UEFI means “BIOS could soon be on its deathbed” . I appreciate the attention Ben’s article has brought to UEFI and BIOS. It’s just too bad that most of the article is … well … wrong.   If only there was someone you could talk to about BIOS … oh wait, there is. Hi, my name is Brian and I’ll be your blogger today.   The way...Read More
1 Comments Permalink Tags: graphics, uefi, ia, architecture, wind, to, blog, new
Posted bybrian_amiMay 10, 2010
If you've looked at anything related to the Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) in the past few months, you’ve seen the acronym “UEFI” a lot. Not only are the major BIOS vendors offering UEFI solutions, but Intel uses UEFI for embedded development  platforms and customer reference boards.   There’s piles of technical nonsense we can discuss here for firmware developers …  documented protocols, drivers that replace legacy Option ROMs, C programming int...Read More
16 Comments Permalink Tags: boot, network, firmware, uefi, ia, architecture, to, x64, a, askabiosguy, blog, new
Posted bylmatassa_intelOct 5, 2009
  Completing a successful software migration from one processor architecture to another requires an awareness of architecture differences and its impact to the software. The main point to keep in mind is that every situation is different, depending on the goals and requirements of the migration. The level of effort required all depends on the amount of abstraction that is already programmed into the existing code. For example, depending on whether assumptions are made throughout the code...Read More
0 Comments Permalink Tags: migration, architecture, migrating, conversion, New to IA