American Megatrends Ready to Deliver AMIBIOS for Intel 440LX Platforms with AGP.ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 8, 1997 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) announced today AMIBIOS AMIBIOS American Megatrends, Incorporated, Basic Input/Output System (R) is providing integral support for Intel's new 440LX AGPset for Pentium II The successor to the Pentium Pro from Intel. Pentium II refers to the CPU chip or the PC that uses it. Code named "Klamath," the Pentium II was a Pentium Pro with MMX multimedia instructions. processor-based systems. AMIBIOS provides support for the Intel 440LX AGPset, which delivers optimal performance and manageability for Pentium(R) II processor platforms. Major advancements in this new chipset is the addition of the Accelerated Graphics Port See AGP. (hardware, graphics) Accelerated Graphics Port - (AGP) A bus specification by Intel which gives low-cost 3D graphics cards faster access to main memory on personal computers than the usual PCI bus. (AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) A high-speed 32-bit port from Intel for attaching a display adapter to a PC. It provides a direct connection between the card and memory, and only one AGP slot is on the motherboard. ) technology. AMIBIOS provides PC manufacturers using the Intel 440LX a quick-turn solution for enabling the new technologies in this chipset. Providing Intel engineers the most stable and robust performance, AMIBIOS has been the leading BIOS at Intel's PCD PCD polycystic disease. Systems Validation and Compatibility Validation (SV/CV) lab since its incarnation. The "SV/CV" AMI developed for Intel allows maximum configuration of 440LX AGPset features within the BIOS. This provides validation engineers with the ability to easily select all possible system and chipset configurations for testing. With its reliable and flexible environment proven, AMIBIOS has been included on the Intel 440LX AGPset reference platform. This reference platform was sent to hardware developers to assist them in creating new 440LX AGPset platform motherboards for both notebook and desktop solutions. As a core technology provider, American Megatrends specializes in developing superior, system level technologies including desktop BIOS, mobile BIOS, RAID products, motherboards, and utilities. For additional information, AMI can be reached at (800) U-BUY-AMI or (770) 246-8600 and on the World Wide Web at http://www.ami.com . CONTACT: Joe P. Leader, AMI Marketing Manager (770) 246-8600/(800) 828-9264 fax: (770) 246-8790 email: joe@ami.com |
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