Yah-Wen Ho

The open-source Slim Bootloader project began 3 years ago with the goal of providing a boot firmware that’s specific to Internet of Things use cases especially in Intel-based embedded systems and solutions. It’s also designed to be small in flash footprint, boots fast, secure, extensible, and easily configurable. Since its inception, Slim Bootloader has matured into a robust boot firmware with multiple exciting new features such as Time Coordinated Computing (TCC) technology, Functional Safety (FuSa), Firmware Update Resiliency, enhanced firmware & Intel Firmware Support Package (FSP) configuration just to name a few. As Intel continues to release various new processors and System on Chips (SoC), the Intel team has continued to enable Slim Bootloader support for them on the respective reference platform offerings. This talk will provide a state of art update of what has changed over the years and what we’ve learnt from maintaining it in the open-source community.

Other people: Sai Kiran Talamudupula

Slim Bootloader is an open-source boot solution designed for Internet of Things use cases that requires fast boot speed, built-in security and extensible configuration running on Intel x86 architecture. It leverages the Intel FSP as well as libraries from the EDK2 framework to perform board level configuration and SoC initialization. By default it comes out of the box with an OSLoader payload to perform Linux boot logic as well as a firmware update capable payload to perform the updates in securely and safely methodology. This presentation will walk you through the steps required to port Slim Bootloader for your mainboard with supported Intel SoC using Intel FSP and booting an operating system in both secure and non-secure settings.

Other people: Jin Jhu Lim

The Slim Bootloader was launched publicly in OSFC2018. Since then, it has attracted public interest and gaining momentum in adoption from the open-source community. The team at Intel continues to make improvements, enhancements & new features to Slim Bootloader over the year and this presentation will provide a summary of what has changed and the key learnings we’ve obtained. This session will also share on the future plans for Slim Bootloader and what’s to be expected.

Other people: Ravi Rangarajan

The Internet of Things (IoT) presents new opportunities for business and industry, as well as some design challenges. IoT firmware must address the dynamic requirements of security, speed, size, licensing, and functional safety for a variety of use cases and operating system requirements. Product Architects and Designers need IoT boot solutions that address these challenges while also being mindful of existing standards and libraries. This session discusses the important role firmware plays in IoT designs as well as how a new open source firmware solution that leverages libraries from TianoCore and EFI Development Kit II (EDKII) complements existing firmware solutions in the IoT market.