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This groundbreaking collaboration marks a pivotal milestone in the open-source firmware movement and paves the way for new industry standards.</p><p>As part of our collaboration, AMD developed a revolutionary library called AMD openSIL, which is responsible for the silicon initialization of their cutting-edge server systems. In contrast to Intel's Firmware Support Package (FSP) - a binary that coreboot calls into - openSIL is open-source and can be directly linked into coreboot. This offers substantial benefits for the open-source community, as they can now build upon and connect to the open-source code directly, rather than relying on unknown binary blobs that lack transparency.</p><h2 id="what-is-amd-opensil">What is AMD openSIL?</h2><p>Before we dive deeper, let's first clarify what openSIL is. openSIL, or open-source Silicon Initialization Library, is a library designed to enable host firmware solutions to boot modern AMD server platforms seamlessly across the product market segments at scale. AMD's openSIL is committed to becoming entirely open-source and provides an interface for the host firmware to call into, initializing the AMD silicon and booting up as a Proof-of-Concept on 4th Gen AMD EPYC CPU based platforms.</p><h2 id="9elements-involvement">9elements' Involvement</h2><p>Over the past months, 9elements and AMD have collaborated closely to support AMD openSIL development. In addition, 9elements has assisted AMD in developing a host firmware solution based on coreboot. At the OCP Regional Summit, 9elements will showcase the AMD openSIL demo, where coreboot+AMD openSIL+LinuxBoot boots an AMD EPYC CPU-based platform.</p><h2 id="coreboot-support-on-modern-server-platforms">coreboot Support on Modern Server Platforms</h2><p>This remarkable progress demonstrates the industry's shift towards open-source firmware. In the server market, it is now possible to boot all major SoCs - AMD, Intel, and Ampere - with open-source firmware. While coreboot nowadays supports Intel and AMD SoCs, Ampere SoC currently rely on EDKII/TianoCore only. However, Dong Wei, Lead Standards Architect and Fellow at ARM, announced at ByteDance's Cloud FW Event in March that ARM is exploring solutions to have coreboot + LinuxBoot running on ARM-based systems. We anticipate more developments from ARM at the OCP Global Summit and the Open-Source Firmware Conference.</p><p>In summary, the collaboration between 9elements and AMD represents a monumental development for the open-source firmware movement. The open-sourcing of AMD openSIL and its integration into coreboot will not only benefit AMD and 9elements but the entire open-source community. The shift towards open-source firmware solutions promises to usher in a new era of transparency and security within the industry, and this partnership is a significant stride towards realizing that vision.</p><p>AMDs announcement: <a href="https://community.amd.com/t5/business/empowering-the-industry-with-open-system-firmware-amd-opensil/ba-p/599644">https://community.amd.com/t5/business/empowering-the-industry-with-open-system-firmware-amd-opensil/ba-p/599644</a></p> </div> </section> <section class="author author--inside"> <div class="author__inner"> <div class="author__image-box"> <a href="/blog/author/nablahero/"> <img class="author-profile-image" src="/blog/content/images/2019/12/christian-walter.jpg" alt="Christian Walter" /> </a> </div> <div class="author__body"> <h1 class="author__name"><a href="/blog/author/nablahero/">Christian Walter</a></h1> <div class="author__posts"> </div> <p class="author__bio"> </p> <div class="author__links"> <a class="social-link social-link-wb" 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