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1.
Introduction
The BIOS used in this design is a custom version of the AMI Aptio V x86
BIOS.
1.1
References
The following Intel Atom E3900 BIOS specification documents can assist
developers in the creation of firmware for the Intel Atom E3900:
• Intel Atom E3900 Platform Intel Architecture Firmware Specification
(Volume 1 of 2), Document Number 559810
• Intel Atom E3900 Platform Intel Architecture Firmware Specification
(Volume 2 of 2), Document Number 559811
• Intel Dynamic Platform and Thermal Framework (Intel DPTF) v8.x 201 -
Rev 1.1, Document Number 556073
1.2
Glossary
•
Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI):
Specification
that establishes industry standard interfaces enabling OS directed con-
figuration, power management and thermal management of mobile,
desktop, and server platforms.
•
Dynamic Video Memory Technology (DVMT):
Allows dynamic alloca-
tion of system memory for use as video memory to ensure the most
efficient use of available resources in order to maximize 2D/3D graph-
ics performance.
•
Graphics Processing Unit (GPU):
Specialized electronic circuit
designed to rapidly manipulate and alter memory to accelerate the
creation of images in a frame buffer.
•
Integrated Graphics Device (IGD):
Graphics processor integrated into
the Intel Atom E3900 SOC. The IGD in the Atom E3900 SOC is an Intel
9th Generation GPU, also called Gen9 GPU.
•
Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI):
Specification that
defines a software interface between an operating system and plat-
form firmware. UEFI replaces the basic input/output system (BIOS)
firmware interface
2.
BIOS Update with UEFI Shell
2.1
Scope
The Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI or UEFI) is a new model for
the interface between operating systems and firmware. It provides a
