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>"Itanium is what EFI was first developed for." What is EFI here - extensible firmware interface? If so what is the connection between that and Itanium?
by bogomipz 8y ago
>"Itanium is what EFI was first developed for."
What is EFI here - extensible firmware interface? If so what is the connection between that and Itanium?
- als0 8y agoYes, the standard firmware interface. Those working on the Itanium platform (Intel and presumably HP) wanted to have a boot solution that didn't have the technical shortcomings of existing BIOS designs. That drove an initiative to create a formal spec and an implementation. I believe Itanium was the first platform with EFI, but someone can correct me if I'm wrong.