“Windows 8 takes advantage of UEFI secure boot architecture to enhance the operating system’s security capabilities. Secure boot allows only signed software to run on the device, adds cryptographic checks to each stage of the boot process and asserts the integrity of all the software images that are executed to prevent unauthorized, modified software from running.”
Member Releases
American Megatrends and Wave to Extend UEFI Support in Windows 8 for BIOS Malware Detection
Friday, February 24, 2012
Insyde® Software Announces ARM UEFI Training Program
Friday, October 28, 2011
“Insyde® announced the formation of a new training program aimed at firmware and software engineers that are developing ARM processor-based computing or communications devices which will take advantage of the benefits of UEFI, including its standards-based boot and security features.”
Insyde® Software and the UEFI Forum to Host UEFI Plugfest in Taipei
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
“UEFI firmware developers, software engineers and quality assurance teams will come together for 3 days of hands-on interoperability testing, self-certification testing, technical presentations and industry networking in a friendly environment with other UEFI member companies.”
American Megatrends Announces Support for UEFI 2.3.1
Monday, July 18, 2011
“Aptio 4.6.5.1 adds support for the latest UEFI specifications, UEFI 2.3.1 and PI 1.2, making the latest features of the UEFI specification, such as Secure Boot for enhanced platform security, available to manufacturers.”
PHOENIX TECHNOLOGIES TO SHOWCASE LASTEST UEFI FIRMWARE FOR MULTI-PLATFORM, MULTI-OS ENABLEMENT
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
“The company will demonstrate its UEFI and embedded BIOS products that support latest Intel® , AMD, and ARM based silicon platforms and next generation operation systems across different market segments.”
Insyde® Software Marks 10th Anniversary of UEFI Software Development
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
“Insyde Software, a leading provider of Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) firmware today announced the 10-year anniversary of when it began developing its UEFI firmware technology.”
Insyde® Software Showcases Leading UEFI BIOS Capabilites for Mobile and Server Platforms at the Intel Developer Forum
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
“Fast Boot Technology and Robust UEFI Server Firmware to be Highlighted along with Technical Training Sessions Co-Presented by Insyde, Inspur®, Intel® & Microsoft®.”
ARM Included in Latest UEFI Specification
Thursday, May 7, 2009
“UEFI improves the hardware-software interface by standardizing the boot procedure between the Operating System and a target processor. Specification 2.3 incorporates the necessary modifications required to help enable original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to standardize the boot procedure on hardware platforms based on the ARM processor.”
Emulex 8Gb/s HBAs Optimized for New IBM System x Servers
Monday, April 13, 2009
“Support for the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) preboot environment common across all new IBM systems.”
American Megatrends Announces iSCSI Boot Support in Aptio® 4.x UEFI BIOS Firmware
Friday, April 3, 2009
“Support for iSCSI technology at the UEFI BIOS level provides a host of benefits to the datacenter”