American Megatrends Inc. Brings its Revolutionary Enterprise64 Firmware to the Market.Business Editors ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 14, 2000 Editorial Summary -- Enterprise64 Firmware is a 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 -- Enterprise64 supports multiple operating systems including NT-64, LINUX64, HP-UX and other UNIX64 operating systems. American Megatrends Inc. (AMI), the leader in storage and computing innovations worldwide, today announced the addition of AMIEnterprise64(R) Firmware, a 64-bit server firmware solution, to its extensive line of products. Building on the strength of AMIBIOS AMIBIOS American Megatrends, Incorporated, Basic Input/Output System Server, Enterprise64 is a revolutionary server firmware solution for the 64-bit Operating System. The feature set of Enterprise64 has been embraced by leading enterprise OEMs worldwide. "Enterprise64 improves the capabilities of today's architectures, creates headroom for emerging performance intensive applications and delivers unparalleled investment protection," said Mark Huffman, Director of Software Sales at AMI. "With this new compact, highly flexible product, AMI is establishing a solid foundation and strong solution for the next generation high-performance Enterprise server platform." AMI offers the industry's most complete 64-bit firmware solution with Enterprise64 Firmware. The feature set of Enterprise64 Firmware 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 (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. . Included in the firmware solution is a built-in diagnostic software solution, which is based on the award winning AMIDiag 7.0, the industry's only diagnostic software package for the 64-bit operating system. Enterprise64 developer tools include the unparalleled Merge64 and Integrated Debugger. Enterprise64 Firmware's flexible architecture allows OEM differentiation and customizations, provides smooth transition paths to McKinley and future IA-64 processors. Enterprise64 Firmware complies with the latest IA-64 industry standards and guidelines such as DIG64, EFI, ACPI and Hot-Plug PCI. Enterprise64 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 Firmware 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. Enterprise64 Firmware meets and exceeds industry standard technologies. One of the major components of Enterprise64 Firmware is AMI'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. EFI defines a common boot environment abstraction used by EFI loaded drivers, applications and OS loaders. Enterprise64 is fully customizable for all OEMs and will provide a smooth transition for technologies that are in development. 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. All registered trademarks are property of their respected companies. |
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