American Megatrends Inc. Announces Support for ServerWorks LE3, HE3 and WS3 Chipsets.Business Editors ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 24, 2000 Editorial Summary -- 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. , known for its BIOS innovations, announces support for the ServerWorks chipsets LE3, HE and WS3 Chipsets -- AMIBIOS AMIBIOS American Megatrends, Incorporated, Basic Input/Output System Server and ServerWorks offer industry leading contributions to the server products market. American Megatrends Inc. (AMI), the leader in storage and computing innovations worldwide, today announced AMIBIOS support for the ServerWorks LE3, HE3 and WS3 Chipsets. As the basis for multiple server offerings, AMIBIOS Server has been designed from the ground up as a server-oriented solution. Built with a focus on portability, the major features of the modular AMIBIOS Server include multiple 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. support, plug and play options and PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). bridging. AMIBIOS is the most advanced server firmware solution available with features such as hardware health monitoring, SMBIOS SMBIOS System Management BIOS 2.3.1, multiple APIC (Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller) A circuit that handles the priority of interrupts in a computer. Designed to support symmetric multiprocessing (SMP), the APIC handles more interrupts and is more flexible than the programmable interrupt controller mode support, WfM 2.0 functionality, remote management, Serial Bus Support, PCI/PnP Support and 64-bit PCI support and 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. . "The goal of AMIBIOS is to offer a cost effective, long term solution for the server firmware market that offers state-of-the-art manageability," said Mark Huffman, Director of Sales, Software Division. "American Megatrends continues to be at the forefront of technological advances in the BIOS market by offering the most reliable BIOS solutions." Management information of server hardware and system health management are two key elements of AMIBIOS Server. Built to be high in reliability, serviceability and above all else, high availability, AMIBIOS server is not only the most technologically advanced BIOS for the server environment on the market, but also the most stable. AMIBIOS together with the features of the ServerWorks LE3, HE3 and WS3 chipsets offer an ideal solution for the server market. 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, utilities and RAID controllers 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 London, Madras, Munich, Seoul, Taipei and Tokyo to better serve our customers. For more information on AMI, its products or services, call 1-800-U-BUY-AMI or www.ami.com. |
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