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Intel has coreboot
Haha, no. Intel's idea of ``good'' system firmware is Tiano / EDKII, invariably in a proprietary form purchased from some parasite IBV because the underlying UEFI standard is simply too complex and costly for systems vendors to implement themselves.
Coreboot is a reaction
against everything Microsoft and Intel have done to dictate the shape of PC firmware. For the longest time, the sole backer of Coreboot in the PC space has been AMD, not Intel. The only Intel platforms that support Coreboot are those that Google has chosen to enable for Chrome OS. Intel's contribution to the Chrome OS effort has been limited to maintaining an official position of total ignorance to the end of limiting their embarassment.