Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI)

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What Is UEFI?UEFI is a firmware interface specificationStandardized mechanism to bootstrap OperatingSystem (OS) launchNext-generation replacement forBIOS-based firmwareUEFI is a platform independent specificationPlatform specifics defined for Itanium,x64, x86
What Is UEFI?UEFI runs in long-mode on x64Great environment for using modernprogramming techniques and toolsBy comparison, BIOS is a 16-bit real-modeenvironmentUEFI contains formally architected extensibilitymodelAdding in driver support is well-architectedCompared to ad-hoc extensibility in BIOS
Page 1 and 2: Unified ExtensibleFirmware Interfac
Page 3: Agenda2 key audiences, 2 focusesInt
Page 7 and 8: Why Is UEFI Important?Engineering e
Page 9 and 10: Windows Firmware RoadmapGoalsEnable
Page 11 and 12: Evolution Of UEFI(1 of 4)Late1990
Page 13 and 14: Evolution Of UEFI(3 of 4)2005Window
Page 15 and 16: UEFI Solutions Emerging…UEFIspeci
Page 17 and 18: Windows Support For ItaniumWindows
Page 19 and 20: Guidelines For BuildingA UEFI Platf
Page 21 and 22: Required Firmware ElementsMust supp
Page 23 and 24: DVD Media RequirementsWindows uses
Page 25 and 26: Network Boot RequirementsMust send
Page 27 and 28: GPT Disk Partitioning
Page 29 and 30: Firmware Boot RequirementsRequired
Page 31 and 32: Understanding GraphicsOutputRuntime
Page 33 and 34: Variable Services And WHEAWHEA Erro
Page 35 and 36: BCD DeploymentWindows stores boot s
Page 37 and 38: UEFI And Image DeploymentImage Depl
Page 39 and 40: Call To ActionUnderstand industry m
Page 41: © 2007 Microsoft Corporation. All

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