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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2008
William A. Stevens, Jr., Folsom, CA (US);
Andrew J. Fish, Olympia, WA (US);
Kirk D. Brannock, Olympia, WA (US);
Robert P. Hale, Portland, OR (US);
Ramamurthy Krithivas, Austin, TX (US);
William A. Stevens, Jr., Folsom, CA (US);
Andrew J. Fish, Olympia, WA (US);
Kirk D. Brannock, Olympia, WA (US);
Robert P. Hale, Portland, OR (US);
Ramamurthy Krithivas, Austin, TX (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A BIOS includes a core and multiple modules. The modules include both those that are platform specific and those that are not platform specific. Each module has a standard interface that allows the core (or other module) to call the module. A platform vendor constructs a BIOS by selecting modules from one or more vendors, which when executed can select modules that are suitable for the platform the BIOS resides in.