دانلود کتاب سفت افزار سیستم – راهنمای ضروری برای منبع باز و راه حل های جاسازی شده

This book contains key aspects of an evolution that is about to happen for system firmware (a.k.a. the BIOS). The last similar scale change in system firmware happened in the late 90s, from BIOS to UEFI. While the birth of the BIOS (e.g., the separation of system firmware from the operating system) in the 70s led to the era of the PC, UEFI laid a solid foundation for the success of computer desktops and servers, which is the foundation of the modern Internet world.

Now, with the Internet moving toward cloud services and artificial intelligence, will the innovation of UEFI continue to meet needs or will there be an evolution in system firmware?

Thomas Khun described in his book The Structure of Science Revolutions the concepts of paradigms and revolutions. These concepts apply not only to scientific research but also to the computer industry. We normally operate in a paradigm. A well-established paradigm is very useful and powerful, and thus we tend to neglect stuff outside of the paradigm. As time goes by, the anomalies pile up and then a paradigm shift happens, which is called a revolution.