Hi, On 22 June 2015 at 15:45, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear all, > > We’re happy to announce the first official release of our instant boot legacy > BIOS for the MinnowMax. Register on our site to get it! > > Below our press release: > > WinZent launches MinnowBoard Max instant boot package > > Stockholm, June 22nd 2015: WinZent Technologies AB today announced the > general availability of its wION BIOS and wIOS operating system for the > MinnowBoard Max open hardware board. > > The MinnowBoard Max is an open hardware platform targeted at the small and > low cost embedded systems market. Based on the Intel ATOM Baytrail processor, > it combines exceptional performance and flexibility, with openness and > standards. > > According to Business Insider UK, moving to open source hardware within data > centers has saved Facebook $2 billion and cut Fidelity Investments’ data > center electric bill by 20%. The MinnowBoard is an open source enabler for > the embedded systems market, which according to Grand View Research is > expected to exceed $200 billion by 2020. > > WinZent’s software allows the embedded systems developer to use any operating > system, from legacy operating systems such as MS-DOS, to most Linux > distributions and the latest Microsoft Windows versions. The software also > boosts the board with lightening-fast performance. WinZent’s wION BIOS cold > boots the MinnowBoard Max in 0.56 seconds, and completes a warm reboot in > 0.21 seconds. wION is bundled with WinZent’s real-time POSIX compliant > operating system wIOS, which can provide multiples to magnitudes improved > performance for applications and programs.
This sounds great! From memory with my testing the FSP DRAM init takes about half a second! Does your BIOS use the FSP? > > “We see a tremendous potential in the MinnowBoard Max” says Fredrik Hånell, > CEO of WinZent Technologies AB. “With our software package the board’s > performance exceeds most customized solutions in the market, which makes it a > bargain for any embedded systems developer.” > > More information on the Minnowboard Max and the MinnowBoard community can be > found at www.minnowboard.org. > > About WinZent Technologies AB > > WinZent Technologies develops and markets the world's fastest and most > compact firmware and kernel software. wION, our BIOS, is characterized by > sub-second boot time and full support for both legacy and the latest > operating systems. wIOS, our POSIX-compliant operating system, is > characterized by its deterministic real-time capabilities and its > lightening-fast speed. WinZent Technologies AB is headquartered in Stockholm > in Sweden. Regards, Simon _______________________________________________ elinux-MinnowBoard mailing list [email protected] http://lists.elinux.org/mailman/listinfo/elinux-minnowboard
