UEFI Press Releases

The Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) Forum, a world-class, nonprofit industry standards body that promotes firmware innovation by creating specifications to enable the continual evolution of platform technologies, today announced that the formation of the security response team affirms UEFI Forum's role as a centralized resource for the education and management of system boot security.

The Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) Forum, a world-class, nonprofit industry standards body that promotes firmware innovation by creating specifications to enable the continual evolution of platform technologies, today announced that the formation of the security response team affirms UEFI Forum's role as a centralized resource for the education and management of system boot security.

The Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) Forum, a world-class, nonprofit industry standards body that promotes firmware innovation by creating specifications to enable the continual evolution of platform technologies, today announced the publication of a new industry white paper, “Clarifying the Ten Most Common Misconceptions About UEFI.”

The Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) Forum, a world-class, nonprofit industry standards body that promotes firmware innovation by creating specifications to enable the continual evolution of platform technologies, today announced the publication of a new industry white paper, “Clarifying the Ten Most Common Misconceptions About UEFI.”

The Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) Forum, a non-profit industry standards body that creates specifications to enable the evolution of platform technologies, today announced it is assuming stewardship of the Advanced Configuration Power Interface (ACPI) specification.

The Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) Forum today announced the addition of new member companies Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Novell, Inc. and The Linux Foundation. These new member companies bring the membership to 250, demonstrating continued and increasing adoption and acceptance of the Forum and its standards.

The Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) Forum, a world-class, nonprofit industry standards body of leading technology companies that promotes firmware innovation by creating specifications to enable the continual evolution of platform technologies, today announced the expansion of UEFI technology into a variety of non-traditional industry sectors. The latest UEFI specifications are designed to support firmware for enhanced security and embedding in mobile devices, as well as applications outside of the PC arena.

The Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) Forum, a world-class, non-profit industry standards body of leading technology companies that promotes firmware innovation by creating specifications that enable the continual evolution of platform technologies, is gaining momentum as use of UEFI specifications increases in Linux-based operating systems, such as Ubuntu 12.10, Fedora 18 and OpenSUSE 12.3.

Specification Update Benefits Windows 8 & Open Source OS Implementations Microsoft to Host UEFI Summer Summit, July 16-20, 2012 in Redmond, WA

Advanced UEFI Workshop for Higher Education in China, co-organized by Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) and Intel Asia-Pacific R&D Ltd, was successfully hosted in Shanghai, China. The workshop brought together more than 50 inspired professors from 23 Chinese universities to learn and share UEFI technologies as part of the “Training the Trainers” program.