<s>
UEFI	B-Device
Forum	I-Device
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
is	O
an	O
alliance	O
between	O
technology	O
companies	O
to	O
coordinate	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
UEFI	B-Architecture
specifications	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
non-profit	O
corporation	O
has	O
assumed	O
responsibility	O
for	O
the	O
management	O
and	O
promotion	O
of	O
the	O
Unified	B-Architecture
Extensible	I-Architecture
Firmware	I-Architecture
Interface	I-Architecture
(	O
UEFI	B-Architecture
)	O
specification	B-Application
,	O
a	O
bootloader	B-Application
and	O
runtime	O
interface	O
between	O
platform	O
firmware	B-Application
and	O
an	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
EFI	O
specification	B-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Intel	O
and	O
was	O
used	O
as	O
the	O
starting	O
point	O
from	O
which	O
the	O
UEFI	B-Architecture
version(s )	O
were	O
developed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
goal	O
of	O
the	O
organization	O
is	O
to	O
replace	O
the	O
aging	O
PC	B-Operating_System
BIOS	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
UEFI	B-Architecture
specification	B-Application
,	O
the	O
forum	O
is	O
responsible	O
for	O
a	O
UEFI	B-Device
Platform	I-Device
Initialization	I-Device
(	O
PI	O
)	O
specification	B-Application
,	O
which	O
addresses	O
the	O
firmware	B-Application
internal	O
architecture	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
firmware-to-hardware	O
interfaces	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
forum	O
also	O
is	O
responsible	O
for	O
Self-Certification	O
Test	O
suites	O
,	O
which	O
defines	O
conformance	O
to	O
the	O
specifications	B-Application
that	O
it	O
defines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2013	O
,	O
the	O
Advanced	B-Device
Configuration	I-Device
and	I-Device
Power	I-Device
Interface	I-Device
(	O
ACPI	B-Device
)	O
assets	O
have	O
also	O
been	O
transferred	O
into	O
the	O
forum	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
forum	O
is	O
responsible	O
for	O
the	O
management	O
and	O
promotion	O
of	O
future	O
ACPI	B-Device
specifications	B-Application
,	O
which	O
provides	O
static	O
tables	O
at	O
boot	O
time	O
and	O
dynamic	O
control	O
methods	O
as	O
the	O
primary	O
runtime	O
interfaces	O
between	O
the	O
OS	O
and	O
system	O
firmware	B-Application
for	O
system	O
configuration	O
,	O
power	O
management	O
and	O
RAS	O
(	O
Reliability	O
,	O
Availability	O
and	O
Supportability	O
)	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ACPI	B-Device
"	O
Revision	O
5.0	O
"	O
is	O
used	O
as	O
the	O
starting	O
point	O
from	O
which	O
future	O
ACPI	B-Device
version(s )	O
will	O
be	O
developed	O
.	O
</s>
