Adios to BIOS
News One of the largest BIOS software companies, Phoenix Technologies, says it's in no hurry to adopt EFI. The companies will begin promoting a technology specification called EFI (Extensible Firmware Interface) as a new system for starting up a PC's...
[December 30, 2003, 12:05]
The Day Ahead: Electronics for Imaging backs up bullishness with bucks
News Meanwhile, as long as colour printing continues to get faster EFI will thrive -- the company makes colour printer servers. Product delays from original equipment manufacturers that bundle EFI software are partially to blame.
[June 8, 2000, 14:20]
Intel Macs will struggle with Vista
News Mac OS X, Vista will use EFI to aid the boot process. However, Cameron Esfahani, an Apple senior software architect, said that his understanding is that only 64-bit versions of Vista will support EFI.
[March 10, 2006, 8:25]
End of the road in sight for antique heart of PCs
News This hangover from a distant past is causing more and more problems, said Mark Doran, the principal engineer behind the Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) project that aims to humanely kill the antique.
[February 20, 2003, 16:32]
Windows and Intel Macs: What you need to know
News In any case, word is that the next version of Windows, called Vista, will support EFI. Most Linux versions use a boot loader called GRUB that doesn't support EFI at present, though Itanium versions of the operating system use a different one called...
[January 24, 2006, 13:50]
Cheap Mac clone draws angry response
News On its website, the firm specifically mentions PC EFI V8, an emulator for the Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) that lies between OSX and the Intel firmware. Netkas, the programmer who led the PC EFI effort, retorted angrily to Psystar on his blog.
[April 17, 2008, 15:13]
Intel hands off BIOS replacement
News The United EFI Forum will essentially try to pave the way for EFI to succeed the BIOS, inside PCs. Advocates say EFI would make it simpler for companies to add improvements, while also enabling PCs to boot up faster.
[July 27, 2005, 12:45]
Apple issues updates to fix MacBook glitches
News As usual, Apple did not provide much detail about the issues that are corrected by the EFI firmware updates, other than to note that they "improve the stability" of those new systems. Apple has released several new firmware updates aimed at solving...
[December 12, 2008, 9:40]
Microsoft: Vista SP1 due next year
News Also being added is support for an emerging removable storage file format known as "exFAT", as well as for EFI (extensible firmware interface), an alternative to the BIOS (basic input-output system) that handles the initial start-up of a system.
[August 29, 2007, 18:15]
Intel plans to open up boot code
News Tiano implements the Extensible Firmware Interface, an industry standard, and is officially called the Intel Platform for Innovation Framework for EFI. Intel will work with CollabNet to release open-source code designed to make the boot-up process...
[June 2, 2004, 10:15]
Open Tech offers latest Mac 'clones'
News The installation process is not straightforward, since Mac OS X is designed for hardware running specialised firmware called the Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI), which must be emulated on non-Apple hardware systems.
[July 29, 2008, 17:04]
