What’s the Difference Between Firmware, Then and Now? (.PDF Download)

Oct. 21, 2016

The Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) Forum is a community effort supported by industry-leading technology organizations and individuals to enable the evolution of firmware platform technologies. The Forum champions firmware innovation through industry collaboration and the advocacy of a standardized interface that simplifies and secures platform initialization and firmware bootstrap operations. UEFI specifications promote business and technological efficiency; improve performance and security; facilitate interoperability between devices, platforms and systems; and enable next-generation technologies...

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