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Re:Intel to Discontinue Itanium 9700 ‘Kittson’ Processor, th... by bogomipz on Saturday February 02, 2019 @03:09PM (#19065364)
>"Itanium is what EFI was first developed for."

What is EFI here - extensible firmware interface? If so what is the connection between that and Itanium?

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Re:Intel to Discontinue Itanium 9700 ‘Kittson’ Processor, th... by als0 on Saturday February 02, 2019 @04:48PM (#19065946)
Yes, the standard firmware interface. Those working on the Itanium platform (Intel and presumably HP) wanted to have a boot solution that didn't have the technical shortcomings of existing BIOS designs. That drove an initiative to create a formal spec and an implementation. I believe Itanium was the first platform with EFI, but someone can correct me if I'm wrong.
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