Intel urges quicker EFI adoption

Author: Wil Harris
Published: 28th September 2006
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How soon will EFI be standard?

How soon will EFI be standard?

Intel has used the IDF summit to call for PC and component makers to step up the pace when it comes to EFI implementation.

EFI stands for Extensible Firmware Interface, and is the replacement for the standard motherboard BIOS (Basic Input Output System).

The benefits of EFI are numerous. It eliminates the need for a master boot record, thus eliminating viruses which operate in that sector. It allows for capacities of bootable disks over 2TB - which, given the available of 750GB drives right now that have RAID capabilities, is a good thing. EFI also boots faster. Since the system config is stored as a file, it also means you don't have to hammer F1 on startup to adjust options.

All Apple's Intel Mac systems ship with EFI, but adoption by motherboard makers has otherwise been slow. Intel is pushing manufacturers to get on board in time for Vista, which natively supports EFI.

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Intel urges quicker EFI adoption

IDF FALL 06: System manufacturers and mainboard makers are told to get with the programme and catch up with Apple on the new BIOS.

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2006/09/28/Intel_urges_quicker_EFI_adoption/1


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