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At 9elements we thrive for nothing less than changing the firmware ecosystem. 9elements is at the forefront of the open-source firmware movement and is building production-ready solutions for our customers.
We deliver end-to-end Custom Firmware solutions across:
Host / BIOS / UEFI: Fast boot, secure update flows, SBOM, measured/verified boot, platform bring-up and maintenance.
Embedded Controller: Custom EC Firmware, Power Sequencing, Embedded Controller as Root-of-Trust solution
Baseboard Management Controller: Full board bring-up, Redfish/IPMI support, sensors and power control, secure boot, telemetry.
Root-of-Trust: Caliptra, Open Platform Root-of-Trust (OpenPRoT), TPM-based solutions, secure boot, Remote or local attestation, UEFI Secure Boot customization.
Managed Firmware Solutions including:
Canopy - Canopy is based on openBMC and maintained by 9elements. It focuses on stability, long-term support, enhanced developer experience and transparency. It is 100% open-source and ready to use.
coreboot SDK: coreboot is the next-generation firmware for Intel and AMD devices. Its small, fast, flexible and secure. 9elements provides a well-maintained Software Development Kit (SDK) that helps you and your time to get up and running in no time!
Linux Development including:
Kernel Development: Drivers, device trees, board bring-up, power/perf tuning, RT & PREEMPT_RT, security hardening, tracing/eBPF, backports.
Hypervisor / KVM: VM orchestration, virtio/PCI passthrough, VirtualBox, QEMU, Virtualization.
Userspace Engineering: Systemd services, update frameworks, networking & storage stacks, CLI/daemon design, secure boot & update tooling.
Upstreaming: Clean patches, reviews, CI, and maintainership workflows—so your changes live upstream and reduce your long-term maintenance.
and Firmware Test Automation - Our product 'FirmwareCI' automates regression testing on real hardware, integrating seamlessly into your CI/CD pipeline. With every commit tested automatically, FirmwareCI helps you catch bugs earlier, reduce manual effort, and accelerate development cycles.
Headquarters: Kotrumstrasse 19-21, Bochum, Nordrhein-Westfalen, 44787, Germany