American Megatrends Inc. Announces the Release of Enterprise64 BIOS Solutions.Business Editors ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 16, 2001 Editorial Summary -- Enterprise64 BIOS supports multiple operating systems including NT-64, LINUX64, HP-UX and other UNIX64 operating systems. -- Enterprise64 BIOS is high-end server firmware solution with features including hardware health monitoring, SMBIOS 2.3.1, multiple APIC mode support, remote management, 64-bit PCI support and ACPI. American Megatrends Inc. (AMI), the leader in storage and computing innovations worldwide, today announced the release of Enterprise64 BIOS, a 64-bit server firmware solution. Building on the strength of AMIBIOS AMIBIOS American Megatrends, Incorporated, Basic Input/Output System Server, Enterprise64 BIOS is a revolutionary server firmware solution for 64-bit systems. The feature set of Enterprise64 BIOS has been embraced by leading enterprise OEMs worldwide. Enterprise64 BIOS meets and exceeds industry standard technologies. One of the major components of Enterprise64 BIOS is Intel's enhanced design Extensible Firmware Interface (specification) Extensible Firmware Interface - (EFI) A specification originating from Intel Corporation, defining the interface between an operating system and platform firmware, and aiming to reduce OS dependence on details of the firmware implementation. EFI Home. (EFI). With unparalleled flexibility, EFI offers a common interface solution between the OS and platform firmware in all 64-bit systems. EFI allows the consolidation of boot menus from the OS and platform firmware into a single menu and defines a common boot environment abstraction used by EFI loaded drivers, applications and OS loaders. "The goal of Enterprise64 BIOS development is to design a fully customizable server BIOS solution that will provide a smooth transition for technologies that are in the early stages of innovation," said Bill Clark, BIOS Program Manager at AMI. "AMI continues to develop cutting edge BIOS solutions with the release of the industry standard 64-bit server firmware solution." The feature set of Enterprise64 BIOS includes 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, Hardware Health Monitoring, SMBIOS SMBIOS System Management BIOS 2.3.1, remote management, 64-bit PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). support and ACPI. Included in the firmware solution is a built-in diagnostic software solution, which is based on the award winning AMIDiag(R) for DOS, the industry's only diagnostic software package for 64-bit systems. Enterprise64 BIOS complies with the latest Enterprise64 industry standards and guidelines such as DIG64, EFI, ACPI and Hot-Plug PCI. Enterprise64 BIOS's flexible architecture allows OEM differentiation and customizations. Enterprise64 BIOS supports multiple operating systems including NT(R)-64, LINUX(R)64, HP-UX HP's version of Unix that runs on its 9000 family. It is based on SVID and incorporates features from BSD Unix along with several HP innovations. (operating system) HP-UX - The version of Unix running on Hewlett-Packard workstations. (R) and various other UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). (R)-64 operating systems. Enterprise64 BIOS supports the Intel Itanium 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. and 460GX chipset. 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, Chennai, 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 All registered trademarks are property of their respected companies. |
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