China has announced the development of a new Chinese UBIOS standard, an alternative to the long-used UEFI. Released by the Global Computing Consortium (GCC), UBIOS (Unified Basic Input Output System) aims to end the country’s dependence on foreign licenses.

What does the new Chinese UBIOS standard offer?

This new standard, codenamed T/GCC 3007-2025, is seen as a significant milestone in China’s efforts to achieve technological independence. Until now, China, like the rest of the world, has been dependent on the UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) standard, developed under the leadership of Intel and Microsoft.

According to GCC, the UEFI standard has some limitations, such as bloated code and inefficiency. This makes it an unsuitable solution, particularly for heterogeneous computing. Furthermore, UEFI’s core logic is based on the x86 processor architecture and ACPI system tables.

Therefore, full integration with ARM, RISC-V, and China’s own LoongArch architectures was only achieved in an “awkward” and partial manner.

UBiOS, on the other hand, stands out as a system built from scratch. The new standard specializes in areas such as native heterogeneous computing support, distributed architecture, and unified hardware management. This promises full scalability for future chip designs.

The drafting committee for this standard included 13 leading Chinese technology organizations, including Huawei Technologies and the China Electronics Standardization Institute. UBIOS is considered a strategic step for China to achieve full autonomy in its computing infrastructure.

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