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In computing, the System Management BIOS (SMBIOS) specification defines data structures (and access methods) that can be used to read management information produced by the BIOS of a computer. [1] This eliminates the need for the operating system to probe hardware directly to discover what devices are present in the computer.
The development of DMI, 2.0 version June 24, 1998, [1] marked the first move by the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) into desktop-management standards. [2] Before the introduction of DMI, no standardized source of information could provide details about components in a personal computer.
A file containing such contents is sometimes termed "a BIOS image". A BIOS might be reflashed in order to upgrade to a newer version to fix bugs or provide improved performance or to support newer hardware. Some computers also support updating the BIOS via an update floppy disk or a special partition on the hard drive. [57]
12 Notes. 13 References. ... System 7.5 Update 1.0 – Danook (from The Far Side) [91] ... Mac OS X 10.4.4 Tiger (Intel version) – Chardonnay [94]
Version 2.1 of the UEFI specification was released on 7 January 2007. It added network authentication and the user interface architecture ('Human Interface Infrastructure' in UEFI). In October 2018, Arm announced Arm ServerReady , a compliance certification program for landing the generic off-the-shelf operating systems and hypervisors on Arm ...
The Intel-based MacBook Pro is a discontinued line of Macintosh notebook computers sold by Apple Inc. from 2006 to 2021. It was the higher-end model of the MacBook family, sitting above the low-end plastic MacBook and the ultra-portable MacBook Air, and was sold with 13-inch to 17-inch screens.
A Motorola 68020 processor. The Motorola 68020 was the first 32-bit Mac processor, first used on the Macintosh II.The 68020 has many improvements over the 68000, including an instruction cache, and was the first Mac processor to support a paged memory management unit, the Motorola 68851.
200 series (Union Point) chipset on socket 1151 (Kaby Lake is compatible with 100 series chipset motherboards after a BIOS update) Up to 16 PCI Express 3.0 lanes from the CPU, 24 PCI Express 3.0 lanes from PCH; Support for Intel Optane Memory storage caching (only on motherboards with the 200 series chipsets)