American Megatrends Inc. Provides Technology Support for New NVIDIA nForce.Business Editors ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 10, 2001 AMIBIOS AMIBIOS American Megatrends, Incorporated, Basic Input/Output System Offers Support for NVIDIA nForce Platform Processing Architecture Editorial Summary
-- AMIBIOS announces support for the robust features of the
NVIDIA nForce Platform Processing Architecture.
-- AMIBIOS8 modular architecture and enhanced user experience is
the perfect solution for a host of industry segments.
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. (AMI), the worldwide leading developer of innovative BIOS solutions, today announced support for the NVIDIA(R) nForce Platform Processing Architecture. American Megatrends is in the final stages of adding support for NVIDIA's revolutionary nForce PC architecture to AMIBIOS8(R). AMIBIOS8 incorporates a modular design In the context of systems engineering, modular design — or "modularity in design" — is an approach aiming to subdivide a system into smaller parts (modules) that can be independently created and then used in different systems to drive multiple functionalities. with an enhanced user experience to offer the perfect system software solution for a variety of industry segments. "AMI is renowned for its innovative and advanced BIOS technologies for the PC marketplace," stated Tony Tamasi, Director of Product Management at NVIDIA. "By combining our development and engineering efforts, we are ensuring our customers access to a flexible and comprehensive PC platform design, while meeting all of their compatibility and usability requirements." AMIBIOS8 offers scalable BIOS solutions from Embedded Computing Platforms to Mission Critical Servers. The reliability and enhanced modular architecture of AMIBIOS8 makes it an ideal solution for various industry segments including Consumer Electronics, Industrial PCs, Telecommunication Servers, Internet/Appliance Servers and Web Access Devices. The NVIDIA nForce architecture utilizes dual-channel DDR (Double Data Rate) Refers to an SDRAM memory chip that increases performance by doubling the effective data rate of the frontside bus. For more details, see SDRAM. DDR - Double Data Rate Random Access Memory memory technology and NVIDIA's award-winning graphics to provide a robust and affordable multimedia platform solution. The NVIDIA Integrated Graphics Refers to having the video display circuitry of a computer contained directly on the motherboard rather than on a separate plug-in card (the display adapter). Integrated graphics typically share memory with the CPU (see shared video memory) and provide a more economical alternative to the Processor (IGP (1) (Interior Gateway Protocol) A broad category of routing protocols that support a single, confined geographic area such as a local area network (LAN). Contrast with EGP. See routing protocol. ) and Media and Communications Processor (MCP (1) See Microsoft certification. (2) (MultiChip Package) A chip package that contains two or more chips. It is essentially a multichip module (MCM) that uses a laminated, printed-circuit-board-like substrate (MCM-L) rather than ceramic (MCM-C). ) redefine the traditional PC experience. "American Megatrends is pleased to offer support for NVIDIA's advanced system core logic design," said Bill Clark, Strategic Accounts Manager, Software Division. "As a major market player, AMI sees a strong development relationship with NVIDIA as a key to our strategic plans." American Megatrends Inc. is currently holding discussions with several large OEMs to offer an AMIBIOS8 solution for systems using the nForce architecture. 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 (operating system) Basic Input/Output System - (BIOS, ROM BIOS) The part of the system software of the IBM PC and compatibles that provides the lowest level interface to peripheral devices and controls the first stage of the bootstrap process, including installing the operating 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 Munich, 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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