Patent ID: 8386764

Claim:
A basic input/output system (BIOS) architecture adapted in a computer system, wherein the BIOS architecture includes: at least one BIOS; a programmable chip module connected to the BIOS; a baseboard management controller (BMC) connected to the programmable chip module; a south bridge chip connected to the BIOS; and a network interface controller (NIC) connected to the south bridge chip to connect the computer system to a network and further connected to the BMC, wherein when the NIC receives a remote update data, the NIC determines the destination of the remote update data is the BMC or the south bridge chip, when the destination of the remote update data is the south bridge chip, the south bridge chip updates the BIOS according to the remote update data, and when the destination of the remote update data is the BMC, the NIC informs the BMC to receive the remote update data, such that the BMC further controls the programmable chip module to update the BIOS according to the remote update data.