BIOS, It’s Been Great Knowing You ..Hello UEFI!

  For the last 20 years our desktop/laptop have been using BIOS (Basic Input/Output System), which is the firmware code that is launched when first powered on. The primary function of the BIOS is to identify and initiate component hardware (such as hard drives, floppies, and CDs). This is to prepare the machine so other software programs stored on various media can load (Windows, MacOS, Linux, etc..) execute, and assume control of the PC.

A new standard emerges,  backed by Intel, AMD, Microsoft, IBM, American Megatrends, Phoenix Technologies and Apple called UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) that will soon replace the old faithful BIOS. 

If you are shopping for new PC, look if your next tech toys support UEFI before you sign that fatty check or credit card. 

Support will be added to Windows Vista with Service Pack 1 (available in March’08) and is already available for Microsoft Windows Server 2008.

Motherboards supporting UEFI are already available on the market (MSI P35 Neo3).

The UEFI specification defines a new model for the interface between personal-computer operating systems and platform firmware. The interface consists of data tables that contain platform-related information, plus boot and runtime service calls that are available to the operating system and its loader. Together, these provide a standard environment for booting an operating system and running pre-boot applications.

[Via gHacks]

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