American Megatrends Inc. and Iwill Partner to Deliver IDE RAID Embedded Solutions.Business Editors & Technology Writers ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 27, 2000 New Intel and 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. products to have AMI's HyperDisk 100
Editorial Summary
-- AMI's IDEal 100, used in its HyperDisk 100 IDE RAID
controller, will be utilized with Iwill's Pentium III and
Athlon platform motherboards.
-- As IDE RAID gains acceptance in the marketplace, AMI and
Iwill will provide expertly designed solutions for all
levels of data protection, from the desktop to workstation
and entry-level server environments.
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 leader in storage and computing innovations worldwide, today announced leading motherboard manufacturer Iwill Corporation will start delivering new generation Intel Pentium(R) III and AMD(R) Athlon platform motherboards that utilize AMI's IDEal 100, as featured in AMI's HyperDisk(TM) 100. "Our collaboration with Iwill reinforces our commitment to providing the best RAID solutions the industry has to offer," said Sanjay Sehgal, AMI Vice President of Sales. "Iwill's high quality and innovative motherboards are in-line with our policy of providing customers with high quality RAID products to consumers at a reasonable cost." By offering IDE RAID Using ATA (IDE) drives in a RAID configuration. See RAID. embedded into desktop and workstation motherboards, AMI and Iwill provide users with the ability to increase system performance without the use of add-in cards. AMI's IDE RAID family meets the performance requirements for desktop publishing desktop publishing, system for producing printed materials that consists of a personal computer or computer workstation, a high-resolution printer (usually a laser printer), and a computer program that allows the user to select from a variety of type fonts and sizes, , the graphic workstation (graphics, computer) graphic workstation - A workstation specifically configured for graphics works such as image manipulation, bitmap graphics ("paint"), and vector graphics ("draw") type applications. Such work requires a powerful CPU and a high resolution display. entrepreneur and the capacity requirements of the small office/small business server. "Based on AMI's strong background in RAID, BIOS and motherboard technologies, we are positive its new on-board IDE RAID, IDEal 100, will be a great product," said Mason Su, GM Iwill Corp. "The IDEal 100's ability to include on-board RAID functionality with motherboards designed for high-end desktops, workstations and entry-level servers ensures a great benefit to many users." The cooperation couldn't be better for both companies and consumers, as the industry moves toward low-cost storage solutions. As IDE RAID gains acceptance in the marketplace, AMI and Iwill will provide expertly designed solutions for all levels of data protection, from the desktop to workstation and entry-level server environments. AMI's IDE RAID includes data striping See disk striping. (storage) data striping - Segmentation of logically sequential data, such as a single file, so that segments can be written to multiple physical devices (usually disk drives) in a round-robin fashion. (RAID 0) and mirroring (RAID 1), which make the entire solution an important tool in today's computing environment. These RAID levels provide users with a better application performance every time a file is saved or retrieved and offers greater economy and longevity for nearly every PC made today. This virtually eliminates downtime in case a drive crashes. About Iwill Iwill Corporation is a worldwide designer and manufacturer of mid-to-high end motherboards and I/O cards that support nearly all computer peripherals. Iwill 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. Motherboards use powerful I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output integrated circuits Integrated circuits Miniature electronic circuits produced within and upon a single semiconductor crystal, usually silicon. Integrated circuits range in complexity from simple logic circuits and amplifiers, about 1/20 in. (1. and are designed for power users who require high-end CAD/CAM CAD/CAM in full computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing. Integration of design and manufacturing into a system under direct control of digital computers. , heavy Multimedia and Server applications. Iwill products are fully compatible with Windows 2000, 98, 95, Windows NT, Novell NetWare, as well as a variety of Linux and UNIX operating systems. For more information about Iwill, please call 1-800-950-8999 or visit www.iwillusa.com. 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, services or reseller opportunities, call 1-800-U-BUY-AMI or visit www.ami.com. Key Words: IDE RAID, Storage, Hard Disk, Drives, Low Cost, Entry-Level, Server, Desktop, Workstation, Graphic Applications, ATA/100 |
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