Quicker boosts, quicker boots.
Many systems out in the market have already made the transition from the aged Bios (basic input/output system) to the UEFI (unified extensible firmware interface) standard, said a UEFI Forum ...
This should be on by default ...
16-bit counter/timers, 10 channels of analog I/O, and 24 lines of bit-programmable digital I/O. ($597–stock.) ...