Taipei, Taiwan – Micro-Star International (MSI), one of the leaders in motherboard manufacturing, today announces its intention to adopt Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) BIOS based motherboards.
What is EFI BIOS?
The Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) is a specification that defines a software interface between an operating system and platform firmware. EFI is intended as a significantly improved replacement of the old legacy BIOS firmware interface historically used by all IBM PC compatible personal computers. The EFI specification was originally developed by Intel, and is now managed by the Unified EFI Forum and is officially known as Unified EFI (UEFI).
Benefit of EFI BIOS
- Supports graphical menus and features
- Supports mouse-controlled interface
- Supports pre-OS applications, file oriented
(ex: games, media player, browser, etc.) - Supports LAN activating environment
- Supports multi-language
- UEFI support for x64 versions of Windows Vista are included in a Service Pack 1
EFI BIOS Support
“MSI will start to phase EFI into its next generation motherboard platform, and will allow much easier accessibility of motherboard BIOS systems. The ability to use a GUI and mouse can only encourage users to attempt to unlock the full potential of today’s modern motherboards. Even at this early beta stage we have seen excellent OC potential using current generation of MSI motherboards.” said Richard Stewart, UK Marketing Manager of MSI.
