UEFI Forum Announces Updated UEFI v2.6 and ACPI v6.1 Specifications

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The latest updates to UEFI and ACPI help allow PCs to offer enhanced mobility and manageability for customer and enterprise levels.

The UEFI Forum has announced availability of the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) Specification v6.1 and the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) Specification v2.6. These updates allow PCs to offer enhanced mobility and manageability for customer and enterprise levels.

New to the ACPI Specification v6.1 we have:

  • Interrupt-signaled events for expanded hardware-reduced platform support and improved system-on-chip designs.
  • Standardized ARMv8-A processor support

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