AMIBIOS Selected by Kontron AG for Use in Single Board, Compact PCI and Embedded Computers.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 25, 2003 Editorial Summary -- American Megatrends is proud to provide Kontron AG, a leading embedded computer manufacturer, with the BIOS that will be integrated into all of its product offerings American Megatrends Inc. (AMI), a leading provider of computer technologies, today announced that Kontron, a world leader in computers for embedded applications, selected AMIBIOS AMIBIOS American Megatrends, Incorporated, Basic Input/Output System 8(R) as the core firmware for systems across its entire product offering. Kontron is a leading vendor of industry-standard PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). , CompactPCI(R) and VME (Virtual Machine Environment) An operating system from Fujitsu Services (formerly ICL) that runs on its Series 39 mainframes. Introduced in 1975, VME is a comprehensive product that provides a variety of utilities for datacenter operations. board-level solutions. The company also markets open platform communications servers, industrial-grade rackmount solutions, human-machine interface (HMI (Human Machine Interface) The user interface in a manufacturing or process control system. It provides a graphics-based visualization of an industrial control and monitoring system. ) systems, portable computers, embedded hardware, application-specific technology and custom-engineered solutions. "We are impressed by AMI's rigorous testing procures in developing AMIBIOS8, which offers an extremely stable and robust firmware base for embedded applications," said Christian Riesinger, R&D Firmware Manager at Kontron AG. "AMIBIOS8's modular structure is a perfect fit for our modular embedded boards, which are based on a building-block approach, because it will allow us to improve and add value to our products. In addition, several features in the AMIBIOS8 Visual eBIOS (VeB) development environment help to significantly enhance BIOS development with ease." "We are proud to serve such an important global embedded computer manufacturer as Kontron and are absolutely committed to provide them with world-class service and support," said Imran Ahmad, AMI software sales manager for the East Coast and EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) Refers to that region of the world. For example, one might see products packaged differently for the UK, EMEA and Asia Pacific markets. . AMIBIOS8 modular BIOS is ideal for embedded products. Developers can utilize only those BIOS modules that are necessary to their specific design, with remarkable savings in the BIOS footprint and in the size of the EPROM EPROM in full erasable programmable read-only memory Form of computer memory that does not lose its content when the power supply is cut off and that can be erased and reused. chip required to carry it. Modules can be combined in innovative ways, allowing the mix-and-match of mobile and server features. A full range of mobile, desktop and server technologies is supported, including ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) A power management specification developed by Intel, Toshiba and Microsoft that makes hardware status information available to the operating system. , Intel SpeedStep(R), SMBIOS SMBIOS System Management BIOS 2.3.1, console redirection for headless operation and IPMI (Intelligent Platform Management Interface) A protocol for monitoring server hardware for temperature, voltage, chassis intrusion, etc. Introduced in 1998 by Intel, HP, NEC and Dell, IPMI defines a standard set of messages for the characteristics of hardware 1.5. AMIBIOS8 offers excellent system management features when used with the MegaRAC(R) Platform Manager, which provides system monitoring, alerting, text redirection and remote BIOS flashing. About Kontron Kontron is one of the world's largest suppliers of embedded computer technology to a diversified customer base in the communications, automation, mobile, medical, military, aerospace, test and measurement, and encryption security markets. Headquartered in Eching (near Munich), Germany, Kontron has over 1500 employees worldwide and is listed on the German stock exchange under the symbol "KBC" (TecDAX 30). The company has business groups and facilities across Asia-Pacific, Canada, Europe, and the United States. For more information visit www.kontron.com. About AMI Founded in 1985, American Megatrends Inc. (AMI) has dedicated its resources to providing OEMs, resellers and systems integrators with leading edge computer technologies. Privately held, AMI is best known for its BIOS, but it also supplies state-of-the-art hardware, software and utilities to over 55 percent of today's high-tech manufacturers. AMI offers high-density motherboards, disk subsystems and innovative storage solutions and is a voting member of the Storage Networking Industry Association An association of producers and consumers of storage networking products, whose goal is to further storage networking technology and applications. The Storage Networking Industry Association, or SNIA (SNIA (Storage Networking Industry Association, San Francisco, CA, www.snia.org) An organization devoted to the advancement of mission critical storage systems. Founded in 1997, its goal is to determine the standards that must be developed to allow hosts and storage systems to interact via ). Headquartered in Atlanta, AMI has locations in the U.S. and throughout the world including Chennai, Munich, Seoul, Taipei and Tokyo to better serve its customers. For more information on AMI products and services, call 1-800-U-BUY-AMI or visit www.ami.com. 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