Christian Walter

Authors:Samer El-Haj-Mahmoud, ArmChristian Walter , 9elementsThe demands placed on modern data center infrastructures continue to grow, and with them, the need for open, flexible, and future-proof server manageability. To address this challenge, Arm   —  read more

Firmware customization and flexibility are critical in modern systems, especially when working with open-source projects like coreboot. In this blog post, I will explain the recent development of adding options support in coreboot,   —  read more

In a significant stride towards enhancing data center efficiency and sustainability, 9elements and Intel have joined forces to double down on promoting open-source firmware for Intel Xeon processors. This collaboration focuses on integrating   —  read more

We have recently become aware of a blog post published by MALIBAL detailing their experience working with 9elements and other companies on a coreboot-related project. We take all client feedback seriously and wish   —  read more

We are thrilled to announce that 9elements, the largest open-source firmware vendor worldwide, has joined forces with AMD to enable systems using their new 4th Gen EPYC CPUs to run with open-source firmware.   —  read more

The coreboot firmware has just received a new patch adding Software Bill of Materials (SBoM). The SBoM concept has been mainly driven by Richard Hughes and has been derived from an executive order   —  read more

We recently worked on some patches to adopt netboot.xyz and integrate it into LinuxBoot - and it got merged now.Netboot.xyzSo - what is netboot.xyz? From there website:netboot.xyz   —  read more

It is official now - We joined the OpenComputeProject and applied for a community level membership tier!The Open Compute Project Foundation (OCP) was initiated by Facebook in 2011 with a mission to   —  read more

We did it once - and we are doing it again!As part of our work here at 9elements - we brought Open-Source Firmware to the Supermicro X11SCH-F! The platform is the next   —  read more

In cooperation with one of our customers, we enabled a modern Intel Coffee Lake Platform with coreboot. The platform supports Intel's 8th/9th generation processors with up to 16 cores. The platform itself   —  read more

Firmware is the most powerful software that runs on a platform. It can tear your security concerns apart if configured wrongly, and it can prevent your platform from booting if written faulty. So   —  read more