In Beyond BIOS: Developing with the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface the authors have updated the successful first edition to include the latest UEFI specifications and have expanded the scope of the book to include support of embedded and SOC platform designs.

"In just a few days, a programmer familiar with C should have a good understanding of how to get started writing UEFI drivers and applications. For those who haven't developed PC BIOS firmware, Beyond BIOS 2nd Edition presents an opportunity to ramp up on the industry standard firmware platform for PCs and start writing UEFI apps as they do apps for today's mobile operating systems."

- Steve Jones, Chief Technology Officer, Phoenix Technologies Ltd.

"...highly recommend this book as a "deep dive" into the UEFI specifications and the flexibility these standards give to those who choose them. This publication is full of practical information and real-world examples for system designers and can empower them to get and keep a competitive edge in their designs. I would like to commend Intel for compiling such a valuable resource."

- S. Shankar, President and CEO, American Megatrends Inc. (AMI)

"Our customers were able to gain efficiency and time-to-market advantage from legacy BIOS to Framework and EFI... Beyond BIOS 2nd Edition provides an extremely thorough yet lucid explanation of UEFI and PI that should be helpful to anyone that wants to understand or use this modern firmware environment."

- Jonathan Joseph, Executive Vice President, lnsyde Software

"For many years, the software engineers working in the area of BIOS were dissatisfied by the lack of a good reference book, and could only learn the related knowledge through years of hard work. I now require my engineers and students to study this book after their initial UEFI firmware training. Experienced engineers will also find this book helpful for providing a quick overview of firmware architecture."

- KangKang Shen, CTO, Nanjing Byosoft. Ltd.

"... Beyond BIOS 2nd Edition, Developing with the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface will become an indispensible tool in the embedded developer's skill set."

- Dick Holmberg, Senior Manager, Enterprise BIOS, Dell, Inc.

... Intel's Beyond BIOS 2nd Edition, Developing with the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface is the must have primer for any firmware engineer entering the realm of UEFI. ... With UEFI, IBM has been able to deliver a broader product line, with expanded features and function, while at the same time improving our quality. In short, UEFI has allowed IBM to innovate in the pre-boot environment at a rate and pace befitting today's competitive server market.

- Michael Brinkman, Program Director - UEFI Development, IBM, System x

Vincent Zimmer is a Principal Engineer in the Software and Services Group at Intel Corporation and has over 18 years experience in embedded software development and design, including BIOS, firmware, and RAID development. Vincent received an Intel Achievement Award and holds over 200 patents. He has a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering degree from Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, and a Master of Science in Computer Science degree from the University of Washington, Seattle.

Michael Rothman is a Senior Staff Engineer in the Software and Solutions Group at Intel and has more than 20 years of operating system and embedded software development experience. Michael holds over 200 patents and was awarded an Intel Achievement Award for some of his systems work. He started his career with kernel and file system development in OS/2 and DOS and eventually migrating to embedded operating systems work and firmware development.

Suresh Marisetty is a software and systems architect at Intel Corporation and has been involved with enabling various end-to-end platform technology ingredients across the industry. He has been with Intel for over 21 years and currently holds two Intel Achievement Awards, about 24 patents, a dozen internal and external papers on various topics. Areas of expertise include: Security, Manageability/Machine Check Architecture, Low Latency Boot Solutions, and End-to-End In-Vehicle-Infotainment platform architecture.