China Finalizes UBIOS, a Proprietary Replacement for UEFI
Information recently released from China indicates that development of a local firmware standard known as UBIOS, intended to replace the more popular UEFI, has recently been completed. The adoption of this new standard would ensure application within a country's entire technical ecosystem.
Major Features and Designs of UBIOS
UBIOS was designed based on original BIOS specifications. It has many interesting deviations from the current UEFI standards.
- Simplification of Architecture: UBIOS is, however, much more simple than UEFI at the core.
- Multi-CPU System Support: It adds support for the concurrent functioning of different CPU models using a single system.
- Increased Architecture Compatibility: UBIOS is built to be more compatible with different processor architectures, like ARM, RISC-V, and claims LoongArch.
What's next for UBIOS
While announcing the completion of its development, more technical details of the UBIOS standard, however, are still forthcoming. A full disclosure will happen in the Global Computing Conference scheduled for this November.
