American Megatrends Releases Megathon, A 500-700 MHz Athlon Motherboard.

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 12, 1999--

American Megatrends:

Editorial Summary

-- AMI releases the Megathon(TM), an AMD Athlon(TM) high-performance

server motherboard.

-- The Megathon is the ideal solution for customers who demand the

best in x86 computing platforms.

American Megatrends Inc. (AMI), an industry leader in supplying multiprocessor server motherboards and basic server solutions, today announced the release of the Megathon(TM), a next generation 500-700 MHz AMD Athlon(TM) motherboard.

"The high performance and state-of-the-art manageability features available with the Megathon(TM) make it ideal for Solutions Integrators whose customers demand only the best in x86 computing platforms," said Howard Johnston, Director of Channel Sales and Marketing at AMI. "The AMD Athlon motherboard's arrival to the server motherboard industry marks a significant event and we are confident that AMI's Megathon will bring new levels of performance to the industry."

The Megathon supports the AMD Athlon system bus with Front Side Bus (FSB) speeds at 200 MHz. Based around the advanced architecture of a chipset comprising the AMD-751(TM) system controller for the North Bridge and VIA Super South (686A) for the South Bridge, the Megathon benefits from industry-leading levels of stability.

The Megathon includes three DIMM sockets for up to 768 MB ECC SDRAM memory support and features auto-detect or selection clock ratio from BIOS, auto-detect or selection FSB frequencies from BIOS and support for UDMA 66 and AGP 2X mode. With 1 AGP, 5 PCI and 1 ISA, the Megathon is the perfect solution for Systems Integrators, VARs and OEMs. API, USB, APM 1.2, SMI, CD ROM boot, Flexboot, silentboot, floptical and zip drive are also supported by the Megathon.

The AMD Athlon processor is an x86-compatible, seventh-generation design. Featuring a super-pipelined, nine-issue superscalar microarchitecture optimized for high clock frequency, the processor is the industry's first fully pipelined, superscalar floating point unit for x86 platforms. The Athlon processor also offers high-performance cache technology, including 128 KB of on-chip level one (L1) cache and a programmable, high-performance backside L2 cache interface, as well as enhanced 3DNow!(TM) technology for optimum multimedia performance. The AMD Athlon system bus is a 200 MHz-based system interface based on the Alpha(TM) EV6 bus protocol with support for scalable multiprocessing.

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, 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 Munich, London, Taipei, Madras, 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.