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| Company type | Public |
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| TPEx:6231 | |
| Industry | Computer industry |
| Founded | September 18, 1998; 27 years ago (1998-09-18) |
| Founders | Jeremy Wang, Jonathan Joseph |
| Headquarters | , |
| Products | |
| Revenue | NT$959,482,000 |
| Website | www.insyde.com |
Insyde Software (Chinese:系微公司;pinyin:Xìwēi Gōngsī) is a company that specializes inUEFI systemfirmware and engineering support services, primarily forOEM andODM computer and component device manufacturers. They are listed on theGre Tai Market of Taiwan and headquartered inTaipei, with offices inWestborough, Massachusetts, andPortland, Oregon.
The company's product portfolio includes InsydeH2OBIOS (Insyde Software's implementation of the Intel Platform Innovation Framework for UEFI/EFI[1]), BlinkBoot, a UEFI-basedboot loader for enablingInternet of Things devices,[2] and Supervyse, which is a full-featured systems management/BMC firmware for providingout-of-band remote management for server computers.[3]
Insyde Software was formed when it purchased theBIOS assets of SystemSoft Corporation (NASDAQ:SYSF) in October, 1998.[4] Initially Insyde Software was a company that included investments fromIntel Pacific Inc.,China Development Industrial Bank,Professional Computer Technology Limited (PCT), company management and selected employees. At that time, Insyde Software's management team consisted of Jeremy Wang, Chairman (also the Chairman of PCT); Jonathan Joseph, President (a former founder of SystemSoft); Hansen Liou, the General Manager of Taiwan Operations and Asia-Pacific Sales, and Stephen Gentile, the Vice President of Marketing.[citation needed]
Shortly after the initial investment, the company was introduced byIntel to a new BIOS coding architecture called EFI (nowUEFI) and the two companies began working together on it. In 2001, the two companies entered into a joint development agreement and Insyde's first shipment of the technology occurred in October 2003 as InsydeH2O UEFI BIOS. Since that time, UEFI has become the mainstay of Insyde's business.[5]
On 23 January 2003, Insyde Software announced its initial public offering on theGreTai Securities Market (GTSM) based inTaipei, Taiwan.[6]
The product is a proprietary licensedUEFI BIOS firmware that supportsIntel andAMD.[7][8] PC manufacturers buy the BIOS source code and modify the source code to meet their specific BIOS needs. For the firmware's security vulnerabilities,[9] the company publishes the security advisory,[10] and provides the updates on theCVE fixes and patches to their customers.
In December 2023, Binarly (a security firm) published a set of vulnerabilities discovered on a number of UEFI implementations which they termed "LogoFAIL", including Insyde's. The firm highlighted that malicious actors can bypass boot security protocols using the mentioned set.[11][12]
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