Building Open Firmware for Open Platforms - openSIL and The Road to Full Silicon Transparency

Explore the development of open-source firmware solutions for modern datacenter platforms in this 14-minute conference talk from the Open Compute Project. Learn how Project Mu, an open-source UEFI implementation built for scalability and maintainability, addresses the growing enterprise and cloud service provider demand for robust firmware solutions. Discover AMD's openSIL framework for silicon initialization and its modular, host-agnostic approach to firmware integration. Examine the integration of Tianocore's EDKII, Microsoft's Project Mu, and AMD's openSIL to create flexible and transparent firmware solutions for next-generation datacenter infrastructure. Understand how AMD Venice platforms are pioneering openSIL integration while the framework continues evolving toward comprehensive silicon coverage. Gain insights into AMD's proposed open-source governance model for openSIL and its role in establishing long-term ecosystem sustainability and fostering community collaboration in the open firmware space.