Hi, No, our BIOS don’t use the FSP.
Best regards, B-O Bergman CTO Winzent Technologies > 23 jun 2015 kl. 00:01 skrev Simon Glass <[email protected]>: > > 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 _______________________________________________ elinux-MinnowBoard mailing list [email protected] http://lists.elinux.org/mailman/listinfo/elinux-minnowboard
