American Megatrends Announces Support for Linux Operating System.ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 23, 1998-- Editorial Summary -- AMI announces support for Linux operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. in Intel based See Intel-based system. servers. -- Multiple MegaRAID products offer Linux-ready drivers. -- See AMI at the Linux Showcase in Atlanta, Oct. 23-24 in booth 226. 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. , Inc., a leading supplier of core technology solutions, today announced support for the Linux Operating System. Software drivers for American Megatrends MegaRAID(R) controllers are now available for the latest release of the Red Hat Linux Red Hat Linux, assembled by Red Hat, was a popular, "middle-aged" Linux distribution (not as old as Slackware but older than Ubuntu) upon its discontinuation in 2004.[1] Red Hat Linux 1.0 was released on November 3, 1994. operating system, version 5.2. AMI now offers Linux-ready drivers for its low-end MegaRAID cards such as MegaRAID Express and MegaRAID Express Plus, as well as its high-end cards such as the MegaRAID Ultra, MegaRAID Ultra GT, and MegaRAID Ultra2 LVD See LVDS. LVD - Low Voltage Differential . Drivers for previous versions of the Linux operating system will be made available on the AMI website at http://www.ami.com. AMI is also providing a RAID management utility called MegaRAID Manager, which will work under Linux to configure and manage MegaRAID based systems. This utility will be released the first week of November. Currently, MegaRAID users are able to use AMI's award-winning OS independent "BIOS Configuration Utility" for RAID configuration and management. "This is yet another step taken by AMI to enhance our customer-requested driver support and continue leading industry-standard benchmark tests," said Steven Paulhus, Director of Marketing at American Megatrends. "We believe Linux offers a tremendous opportunity for the PC industry based on its significantly increased deployment over the last few years. We are fully committed (Law) committed to prison for trial, in distinction from being detained for examination. See also: Fully to supporting this rapidly-growing operating system." The Linux operating system is developed under General Public License (GPL See GNU General Public License. 1. GPL - General Purpose Language. 2. GPL - ["A Sample Management Application Program in a Graphical Data-driven Programming language", A.L. Davis et al, Digest of Papers, Compcon Spring 81, Feb 1981, pp. 162-167]. ). Under the GPL, the source code is freely distributed and available to the general public. Linux runs on three leading computing platforms: Intel compatible PCs, Digital Alpha Computers, and Sun SPARC (Scalable Performance ARChitecture) A family of RISC CPUs from Sun that runs mostly under Sun's Solaris, but also under Linux and BSD operating systems. After development began in the mid-1980s by David Patterson of the University of California at Berkeley and Bill equipment. Because of the availability and ease of use of the Linux operating system, it is an excellent solution for anything from desktop computers to web servers for large companies. American Megatrends will exhibit its Linux-ready MegaRAID products at the Atlanta Linux Showcase on October 23-24 in booth 226. Current and future MegaRAID products will be on display and sales and engineering personnel will be on hand to answer any questions on Linux and AMI. In addition to Linux, AMI currently supports a number of network operating systems, including Windows NT(R), Novell Netware(R), OS/2(R), SCO UNIX(R), UnixWare(R), Solaris(tm), Banyan VINES(tm), and OpenBSD. Founded in 1985, American Megatrends Inc. (AMI) has dedicated its resources to providing OEMs, resellers and systems integrators with leading-edge computer technologies. This privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. , best known for its Basic Input/Output Systems or BIOS, also supplies its state-of-the-art hardware, software, utilities and RAID controllers to over 55% of today's high-tech manufacturers. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, AMI has locations in the US and throughout the world including Munich, London, Taipei, Madras and Tokyo to better serve our customers. For more information on AMI, its products, services or reseller opportunities call 1-800-U-BUY-AMI or visit our website at www.ami.com. |
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