American Megatrends Inc. Announces Immediate Support for Mobile AMD Athlon4 Processor.Business Editors ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 31, 2001 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.: -- AMIBIOS(R) Mobile offers immediate support for the mobile AMD Athlon(TM)4 PC processor -- The pairing of AMD Athlon 4 processor and AMIBIOS will dramatically increase notebook battery life. American Megatrends Inc. (AMI), leading developer of innovative BIOS solutions worldwide, today announced AMIBIOS AMIBIOS American Megatrends, Incorporated, Basic Input/Output System (R) offers immediate support for mobile 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. Athlon(TM) 4 and mobile AMD Duron processors. American Megatrends Inc. continues to offer support for cutting-edge technology from AMD, including the new mobile AMD Athlon(TM) 4 processor. The AMD Athlon 4 processor incorporates revolutionary technology advancements including AMD PowerNow! technology, 384K total on-chip cache, a fully pipelined superscalar A CPU architecture that allows more than one instruction to be executed in one clock cycle. See pipeline processing. (architecture) superscalar - A superscalar architecture is a uniprocessor that can execute two or more scalar operations in parallel. floating-point engine, and a 200MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. front-side system bus. "We're pleased to have support from AMI for the AMD Athlon 4 and mobile AMD Duron processors," said Pat Moorhead, Vice President of Desktop and Mobile Strategic Marketing at AMD's Computation Products Group. "Robust BIOS power management features such as those provided by AMI are a key element in delivering optimized mobile solutions, such as AMD PowerNow! technology, to our OEMs. The powerful AMIBIOS combined with our award-winning AMD Athlon and AMD Duron processors with stable, Socket A The motherboard receptacle for Duron and newer Athlon CPU chips from AMD. It uses a 462-pin PGA package. See Slot A. infrastructure offer compelling top-to-bottom solutions for commercial users and consumers." AMD PowerNow! technology enables the mobile AMD Athlon 4 and mobile AMD Duron processors to significantly extend a system's battery life. AMD PowerNow! technology allows the processor to dynamically change between different frequencies and voltages depending on the CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. demand required by the applications being used and can provide the user with an optimal balance of high performance and increased battery life. Notebook PCs are very demanding on their power source. AMIBIOS and AMD together contribute to the overall enhancement of the power management platform by reducing the power consumption and overall temperature. With less power consumed by the CPU, battery life can be extended by up to 30%. "American Megatrends Inc. is pleased to continue its support for the leading-edge technological advancements offered by AMD," said Bill Clark, Strategic Accounts Manager, Software Division. "AMIBIOS offers unsurpassed stability, innovation and ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). for our valued customers." AMI has contracted with several major manufacturers to supply AMIBIOS Mobile for their mobile PCs, Internet appliances and other emerging technologies that use the mobile AMD Athlon 4 and mobile AMD Duron processors. 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. 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 and utilities to over 55 percent of today's high-tech manufacturers. Headquartered in Atlanta, AMI has locations in the U.S. and throughout the world including Munich, London, Taipei, Chennai, Seoul 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 www.ami.com. |
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