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Apple Mac Book Air EFI Firmware
Downloads To complete the firmware update process, please follow the instructions in the updater application (/Applications/Utilities/MacBook Air EFI Firmware Update.app). This update fixes several issues to improve the stability of MacBook Air computers.
[April 11, 2008, 11:59]
Apple Mac Mini EFI Firmware Update
Downloads This EFI Firmware Update fixes several Boot Camp, start up, and wake-from-sleep issues on Mac mini computers. To update the firmware on your Intel-based Mac mini: First, quit all other open applications; Second, click Shut Down in the Mac mini EFI...
[November 14, 2007, 9:57]
Apple Mac Pro EFI Firmware
Downloads This EFI Firmware Update fixes several fan behavior and Boot Camp issues on Mac Pro computers. After the firmware is successfully applied to your computer, your BootROM Version will be either: MP11.005C.B08 or MP21.007F.B06.
[April 8, 2008, 11:51]
Apple MacBook Pro EFI Firmware
Downloads After the firmware is successfully applied to your computer, your BootROM Version will be one of the following: MBP21.00A5.B07, MBP22.00A5.B07, and MBP31.0070.B03. This update improves the performance and reliability of Intel Core 2 Duo processors...
[April 28, 2008, 12:40]
Apple MacBook EFI Firmware Update
Downloads After the firmware is successfully applied to your computer, your BootROM Version will be: MB21.00A5.B07. This update improves the performance and reliability of Intel Core 2 Duo processors and fixes issues with Boot Camp for MacBook computers.
[April 11, 2008, 9:55]
Apple IMac EFI Firmware Update
Downloads After the firmware is successfully applied to your computer, your BootROM Version will be one of the following: IM51.0090.B09, IM52.0090.B09, and IM61.0093.B07. This update improves the performance and reliability of Intel Core 2 Duo processors and...
[April 11, 2008, 10:12]
Apple Xserve EFI Firmware
Downloads After the firmware is successfully applied to your computer, your BootROM Version will be: XS11.0080.B01. This update is recommended for all Xserve users and improves the performance and reliability of Dual-Core Intel Xeon processors.
[June 30, 2008, 12:20]
UEFI Support And Requirements: Microsoft Windows Server "Longhorn"
White Papers This paper provides information about Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) support in Microsoft Windows Server code name "Longhorn. This paper does not replace any existing firmware requirements (for example, ACPI requirements), and hence the...
[March 7, 2007, 0:00]
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]
Windows And Intel Macs: What You Need To Know
News Envisioneering analyst Peter Glaskowsky noted that Gateway had a Windows Media Centre PC back in 2003 that used EFI rather than BIOS. In any case, word is that the next version of Windows, called Vista, will support EFI.
[January 24, 2006, 13:50]
Firmware For HPC: Breaking Out Of The PC Mindset
White Papers What you will get from this session: - HPC Requires Different Thinking - Everything is not a PC and Framework is now on Supercomputers to Cell Phones - EFI Abstracts the Operating system Loader from the Hardware - The Framework Enables Innovation.
[August 1, 2006, 1:00]
EFI 1.x Solutions With AMIBIOS8: An Introduction To The Extensible Firmware Interface Using IA32 BIOS
White Papers This whitepaper introduces the concept of the Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI), and how it interacts with AMIBIOS8 on IA32 platforms. General implementation issues are discussed, along with AMI utilities and development tools designed...
[August 14, 2003, 16:19]
Mobile Platform Usage Of UEFI And The Framework Technology
White Papers This presentation provides understanding of the Robson with Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) solution utilizing EFI abstraction of hardware to seamlessly replace existing disk access methods and extend pre-boot.
[November 4, 2006, 0:00]
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]
Rupert Goodwins' IDF Diary
Blog I learn that the latest EFI version — UEFI 2.0, the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface, which is replacing the threadbare BIOS — has grown more networking capabilities, better 64-bit support, superior flash upgrading skills and is generally...
[March 20, 2006, 12:00]
Network Installation Of IA-64 Nodes In An HPC Cluster
White Papers Dell PowerEdge 3250 servers are built with IA-64 architecture, which uses the Intel eXtensible Firmware Interface (EFI) specification. In these servers, PXE is implemented as a core EFI function, which helps improve the network installation process.
[May 7, 2005, 3:00]
Adios To BIOS
News The companies will begin promoting a technology specification called EFI (Extensible Firmware Interface) as a new system for starting up a PC's hardware before its operating system begins loading, which is a process that kicks in every time a PC...
[December 30, 2003, 12:05]
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]
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. Under the collaboration, Intel will release a driver development kit and what it calls firmware...
[June 2, 2004, 10:15]
Building Compute Nodes With EFI
White Papers This presentation shows how Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) enables a customized infrastructure and integrates pre-boot node into the existing cluster/grid provisioning environment. The intended audience for this presentation is of cluster...
[August 1, 2006, 1:00]
