One of my favorite newsletters is Jack Ganssle ’s The Embedded Muse . In a recent issue , Jack discussed helpful tools for embedded system...
Quick-Start Guide to UDK2014
Getting the UEFI Development Kit (UDK) installed and building is the first step in attempting to work in BIOS development. Here is my exper...
A Book Every BIOS Engineer Will Love
Vincent Zimmer published a blog post asking if there was a particular book that inspired your choice of profession. For me, one of my favo...
Could This Be The Wrongest Prediction Of All Time?
In yet another fantastic Computer Chronicles episode, Stewart and Gary are this time talking to computer entrepreneurs. The year is 1984. ...
The Case of the Mysterious __chkstk
I was making a small change to a function: adding to it a couple UINTN auto variables, a new auto EFI_GUID variable, and a handful of chang...
As the Apple ][ Goes, So Goes the iPhone
With the great success of the iPhone comes many illegal knock-off manufacturers. Sound familiar? It should—Stewart Cheifet reported the sa...
Apple iWatch Revealed! (in 1985)
In another great episode of the Computer Chronicles , Stewart and Gary demonstrate a watch-based computer. In yet another example of “the m...
Will I Be Jailed For Saying “UEFI BIOS”?
To hear some people talk, it is a crime to say “UEFI BIOS”. No, they insist, there was “BIOS”, which has been supplanted by “UEFI”, or “UEF...