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Insyde Software

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Insyde Software
Hệ hơi công ty
Company typePublic
TPEx:6231
IndustryComputer industry
FoundedSeptember 18, 1998;25 years ago(1998-09-18)
FoundersJeremy Wang, Jonathan Joseph
Headquarters
Taipei
,
Taiwan
Products
  • BIOS/UEFIfirmware
  • EC firmware
  • BMC firmware
  • InsydeH2O
  • Supervyse
  • BlinkBoot
RevenueNT$959,482,000
Websiteinsyde

Insyde Software(Chinese:Hệ hơi công ty;pinyin:Xìwēi Gōngsī) is a company that specializes inUEFIsystemfirmwareand engineering support services, primarily forOEMandODMcomputer and component device manufacturers. They are listed on theGre Tai Marketof Taiwan and headquartered inTaipei,with offices inWestborough, Massachusetts,andPortland, Oregon.The company'smarket capitalizationof the company's common shares is currently around $115M.

Overview

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An InsydeH20 screen

The company's product portfolio includes InsydeH2OBIOS(Insyde Software's implementation of the Intel Platform Innovation Framework for UEFI/EFI[1]), BlinkBoot, a UEFI-basedboot loaderfor enablingInternet of Thingsdevices,[2]and Supervyse, which is a full-featured systems management/BMCfirmware for providingout-of-bandremote management for server computers.[3]

Insyde Software was formed when it purchased theBIOSassets of SystemSoft Corporation (NASDAQ:SYSF) in October, 1998.[4]Initially Insyde Software was a company that included investments fromIntel Pacific Inc.,China Development Industrial Bank,Professional Computer Technology Limited(PCT), company management and selected employees. At that time, Insyde Software's management team consisted of Jeremy Wang, Chairman (also the Chairman of PCT); Jonathan Joseph, President (a former founder of SystemSoft); Hansen Liou, the General Manager of Taiwan Operations and Asia-Pacific Sales, and Stephen Gentile, the Vice President of Marketing.[citation needed]

Shortly after the initial investment, the company was introduced byIntelto a new BIOS coding architecture called EFI (nowUEFI) and the two companies began working together on it. In 2001, the two companies entered into a joint development agreement and Insyde's first shipment of the technology occurred in October 2003 as InsydeH2O UEFI BIOS. Since that time, UEFI has become the mainstay of Insyde's business.[5]

On 23 January 2003, Insyde Software announced its initial public offering on theGreTai Securities Market(GTSM) based inTaipei, Taiwan.[6]

Products

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InsydeH2O UEFI BIOS

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The product is a proprietary licensedUEFIBIOS firmware that supportsIntelandAMD.[7][8]PC manufacturers buy the BIOS source code and modify the source code to meet their specific BIOS needs. For the firmware's security vulnerabilities,[9]the company publishes the security advisory,[10]and provides the updates on theCVEfixes and patches to their customers.

In December 2023, Binarly (a security firm) published a set of vulnerabilities discovered on a number of bios chips which they termed "LogoFAIL",including Insyde's. The firm highlighted that malicious actors can bypass boot security protocols using the mentioned set.[11][12]

See also

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References

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  1. ^"InsydeH2O UEFI Framework".Insyde Software Corp.Retrieved2011-12-19.
  2. ^"Deploy Fast & Secure IoT Solutions with Insyde® Software BlinkBoot® and Intel® Firmware Support Package (Intel® FSP)".Intel Corp.
  3. ^"Insyde® Software Rolls Out New Systems Management Solutions".Insyde Software Corp.Retrieved2016-05-31.
  4. ^Insyde Software acquires firmware assets of SystemSoftArchived
  5. ^"Insyde Software - Enhancing credibility and enabling technical access"(PDF).Intel Capital.
  6. ^Insyde Software announces IPO on GTSM, TaiwanArchived
  7. ^Wickens, Katie (February 2, 2022)."Intel, AMD, Microsoft and others could be at risk if UEFI flaw is left unpatched".PC Gamer.Retrieved2022-06-04.
  8. ^"Insyde® Software Enables High-Performance PC Designs that Leverage AMD™ Ryzen 5000 Series APUs".Logic Technology. June 15, 2021.Retrieved2022-06-04.
  9. ^Greig, Jonathan (February 2, 2022)."UEFI firmware vulnerabilities affecting Fujitsu, Intel and more discovered".ZDNET.Retrieved2022-06-04.
  10. ^Lewis, Tim."Insyde's Security Pledge".Insyde Software.Retrieved2022-06-04.
  11. ^"Finding LogoFAIL: The Dangers of Image Parsing During System Boot | Binarly – AI -Powered Firmware Supply Chain Security Platform".binarly.io/.2023-12-06.Retrieved2023-12-13.
  12. ^"LogoFAIL: UEFI Vulnerabilities Expose Devices to Stealth Malware Attacks".The Hacker News.Retrieved2023-12-13.
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