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Discretix Embedded Security White Papers
Secure Flash Card Applications Hit the Horizon * End-To-End Security for Firmware Updates - Whitepaper, v1.1 * Securing New Revenues through Secure Storage * Firmware Update Security * Using Public Key Cryptography in Mobile Phones * DRM Implementation on Symbian 9.x Platform * Symbian OS Version 9 and Secure Hardware is the Foundation for Secure DRM * Challenges in Designing Content Protection Solutions
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Open Firmware Home Page (OpenFirmware.ORG)
Open Firmware is the name given to the IEEE-1275 Standard for Boot (Initialization Configuration) Firmware: Core Requirements and Practices. Firmware is typically stored in read-only memory (ROM) and executed immediately after a computer is turned on. The most familiar version is the standard PC x86 BIOS.
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Open Firmware Source
FirmWorks is the industry champion and leading provider of Open Firmware; they invented the technology, they lead the development of the IEEE 1275 standard, and their technology is field proven.
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Firmware @ Wikipedia
Firmware is defined as: the computer program in a read-only memory (ROM) integrated circuit (a hardware part number or other configuration identifier is usually used to represent the software); the erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM) chip, whose program may be modified by special external hardware, but not by [a general purpose] application program.[1] the electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM) chip,...
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The Firmware Handbook
This book is not for the beginner, but rather is an in-depth, comprehensive one-volume reference that addresses all the major issues in firmware design and development, including the pertinent hardware issues. It addresses each critical step of the development process in detail, including how to optimize hardware design for better firmware.
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Embedded Muse - Eletter
Please subscribe to The Embedded Muse, a free biweekly e- newsletter with hints, ideas and rambles about firmware and hardware in embedded systems. No advertising, just down to earth embedded talk. It also keeps you posted when new free reports about firmware development become available.
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Platform Firmware Solutions for Intel Embedded and Communications Products
This video discusses the advantages of BIOS & UEFI on Embedded IA products versus boot-loader firmware used for non-IA processor architectures.
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