American Megatrends' AMIBIOS8 Ready to Run on AMD Opteron Processors.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 22, 2003 American Megatrends American Megatrends Incorporated (AMI) is a Georgia, USA based hardware company that creates PC hardware and firmware. It was founded in 1985 by the current chairman and president, S. Shankar. : Editorial Summary -- AMI provides support for AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, www.amd.com) A major manufacturer of semiconductor devices including x86-compatible CPUs, embedded processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and networking chips. Opteron(TM) processor family chipsets -- System builders  This article's grammar usage needs improvement. Please edit this article in accordance with Wikipedia's . can apply benefits of AMIBIOS AMIBIOS American Megatrends, Incorporated, Basic Input/Output System 8(R) to platforms harnessing the power of the AMD64 technology -- AMI works with AMD, NVIDIA, and other partners to guarantee support for new chipsets and technologies American Megatrends today announced support with its AMIBIOS8 firmware A category of memory chips that hold their content without electrical power. Firmware includes flash, ROM, PROM, EPROM and EEPROM technologies. When holding program instructions, firmware can be thought of as "hard software." See flash memory, ROM, PROM, EPROM, EEPROM and FOTA. for the AMD Opteron(TM) processor. American Megatrends (AMI), an industry leader in providing firmware solutions, now provides support for platforms built using the AMD Opteron(TM) processor. This addition to AMI's long-standing support for the AMD family of processors is the latest advancement of its leading BIOS core, AMIBIOS8(R). Released to the market in 2001, AMIBIOS8 has enjoyed rapid acceptance by customers and development partners alike based on its flexibility and comprehensiveness. These advantages will be available to companies utilizing AMD Opteron processors. "AMI has long been recognized as a leader in supplying firmware solutions for both 32- and 64-bit platforms," said Charles Hanes, Director of Porting for AMI. "AMI and AMD technology will help customers take advantage of the benefits of both 32- and 64-bit environments on a single platform with AMD Opteron processors and AMIBIOS8." AMIBIOS8, combined with AMD Opteron processors, will allow customers to create solutions that offer increased flexibility, power, and scalability. AMD's new processor technology not only allows users to continue to utilize existing 32-bit applications but also to begin to plan for the transition to 64-bit computing for enterprise needs. This scalable power is a huge bonus for system builders, and AMIBIOS8 can help them maximize these solutions by providing the firmware base to take advantage of the innovation. With its module-based components and comprehensive technology support, AMIBIOS8 offers a solid path to success for the customer. With features like its visual development environment, simplified directory structure, and integrated debugger Software that helps a programmer debug a program by stopping at certain breakpoints and displaying various programming elements. The programmer can step through source code statements one at a time while the corresponding machine instructions are being executed. plus support for all major technologies (USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. , 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 , Headless Operation, etc...), AMIBIOS8 helps customers get solutions to market faster and more reliably than previously possible. "AMD and AMI can offer system builders and their customers innovation and performance for 64-bit computing with AMD Opteron processors and AMIBIOS8. Systems based on AMD Opteron processors and AMIBIOS8 will provide customers native support of both 32- and 64-bit applications and operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. , providing performance and scalability," said Barry Crume, AMD's director of server platform solutions marketing, Computation Products Group. 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. AMIBIOS and AMIBIOS8 are trademarks of American Megatrends, Inc. AMD, the AMD Arrow logo, AMD Opteron, and combinations thereof, are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Other product and company names are for informational purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective companies. |
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