InsydeH2O Product Family

Key Features

Architecture facilitates hardware innovation and speeds
time to market for new platforms

Written in 'C' language using driver model to improve
engineering productivity

Same code base supports XScale, IA-32, and IA-64

WHQL-compliant

Supports current operating systems and option ROMs

InsydeH2O is a product family from Insyde Software developed using modern software engineering technology that enables the ODMs and OEMs to substantially improve their efficiency in supporting new hardware designs. This product line is the first system software that provides the "Hardware-2-Operating System" bridge using a modern software architecture, designed to have a useful life over the next 20 years.

Unlike traditional 16-bit real mode BIOS technology, InsydeH2O BIOS Replacement Drivers runs in 32-bit flat mode. Yet, despite the modern software technologies Insyde H2O Compatibility Support Module still provides all the necessary backwards compatibility including the run-time BIOS interface, support for option ROMs, and USB legacy features.

InsydeH2O is a fully WHQL-compliant firmware solution that employs a true modular architecture, is written in C code, and uses a driver model that enables a wide range of software engineers to be quickly productive.

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