American Megatrends Inc. Unveils AMIDiag 8.0, an EFI Diagnostic Software Utility.Business Editors COMDEX The former, premier computer trade show in the U.S. Although it grew into an end user event, it was originally created for dealers and distributors (it was the COMputer Dealers EXposition). Fall 2000 Booth l-2449 ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 06, 2000
Editorial Summary
-- AMI offers the only diagnostic software solution for 64-bit
systems, while continuing to offer legacy support for 32-bit
systems.
-- AMIDiag 8.0 supports, detects and verifies Itanium, Pentium II
Xeon, Celeron, Pentium III, Pentium III Xeon, Pentium IV, AMD
K-62 and Athlon (K-7) CPUs.
For more information on this and all other AMI products and services,
visit Booth number L-2449 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, during
Comdex Fall November 13-17, 2000.
American Megatrends Inc. (AMI), the leader in storage and computing innovations worldwide, announces the release of AMIDiag 8.0, an EFI diagnostic solution for 64-bit systems. American Megatrends, which has long been known as the industry-leading provider of high-end diagnostic software solutions for the DOS and Windows(R) environments offers the industry's only EFI diagnostic software, AMIDiag 8.0(R) for 32-bit and 64-bit systems. "American Megatrends continues its mission to reduce the total cost of ownership of systems by offering a robust feature set such as is offered with AMIDiag 8.0," said Mark Huffman, Director of Sales, Software Division. "AMIDiag 8.0 is a dynamic advancement in diagnostic software technology that is recognized as the industry standard diagnostic by end-users, system integrators and OEMs alike. AMI is proud to be the only company that offers this revolutionary utility." American Megatrends has designed AMIDiag 8.0 to the specifications of IA-64 architecture. As one of the major extensions of the 64-bit firmware, EFI provides a common interface solution. AMIDiag 8.0 offers complete hardware testing for all system components and peripherals. AMIDiag runs tests on memory configuration, system boards, SMBUS (System Management Bus) A bus used for communicating system requirements. It is used among other things to send charging requirements to the host CPU from the battery. SMBus - System Management Bus , SCSI SCSI in full Small Computer System Interface Once common standard for connecting peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, etc.) to small and medium-sized computers. SCSI has given way to faster standards, such as Firewire and USB. devices, IDE devices, 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. , PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). and USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. devices. AMIDiag 8.0 offers greater functionality and more testing features than AMIDiag 6.02. AMIDiag 8.0 supports, detects and verifies Itanium, Pentium II Xeon (processor) Pentium II Xeon - The successor to Intel Corporation's Pentium II processor. The Xeon has the same P6 core as existing Pentium Pro/Pentium II units, but it supports a 100 MHz system bus and offers as much as 2 MB of level 2 cache. http://intel. , Celeron, Pentium III, Pentium III Xeon, Pentium IV, 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. K-62 and Athlon (K-7) CPUs. AMIDiag 8.0 tests MMX, Pentium III SIMD and 3Dnow extensions. AMIDiag 8.0 is fully modular and therefore it is easy for the user to customize the Testing Module in accordance with their diagnostic needs. 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. |
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