Firmware access agent for computing device

A computing device, comprising:

• a hardware logic component;
• and
• a firmware access agent configured to:
• receive a read request for firmware instructions from the hardware logic component, the read request generated as part of a boot sequence of the hardware logic component, and the read request received via a data interface communicatively coupling the hardware logic device and the firmware access agent;
• retrieve the firmware instructions from a remote firmware storage system separate from the computing device;
• and
• provide the firmware instructions from the firmware access agent to the hardware logic component via the data interface, such that the hardware logic component executes the firmware instructions and continues the boot sequence.

A method for firmware access on a computing device, the method comprising:

• at a firmware access agent of the computing device, receiving a read request for firmware instructions from a hardware logic component of the computing device, the read request generated as part of a boot sequence of the hardware logic component, and the read request received via a serial peripheral interface (SPI) bus communicatively coupling the hardware logic device and the firmware access agent;
• retrieving, via the firmware access agent, the firmware instructions from a remote firmware storage system separate from the computing device;
• providing the firmware instructions from the firmware access agent to the hardware logic component via the data interface, such that the hardware logic component executes the firmware instructions and continues the boot sequence;
• at the firmware access agent, receiving a second read request for second firmware instructions from a second hardware logic component of the computing device, the second read request received via a second SPI bus communicatively coupling the second hardware logic device and the firmware access agent;
• and
• providing the second firmware instructions to the second hardware logic component via a cache of the firmware access agent.