Abner Chang
Abner Chang was a game developer before entering BIOS industry. About 25 years of host firmware experience in the industry. 13 years in Phoenix, 8 years in HPE, and 3 years until now in AMD as the AMD opensource host firmware and SoC feature architect. Industry standard contributor to UEFI/PI/SMBIOS/Gen-Z/Redfish/RISC-V Platform/PLIC, etc. Delivered RISC-V edk2 port to industry in 2016 and was the vice chair of the RISC-V Configuration Structure Task Force.
USA
AMD
Session
In the server host firmware ecosystem, a unified platform configuration format and a host firmware-agnostic configuration change method are essential for ensuring server platform interoperability. This approach aims to reduce redundant efforts required to support various configuration formats and change methods across all open-source host firmware solutions. By eliminating dependencies on traditional platform configuration tools, such as legacy BIOS setup during system boot, we can provide a consistent experience for configuring or deploying server platform configurations across different host firmware solutions."