Award Software's CardWare licensed by Compaq as the solution for Microsoft Windows NT compatible notebook computers; PC Card solution integrated in Compaq Power Management, delivers CardBus and hot swapping for new Compaq Windows NT 4.0 notebook computers.MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 12, 1997--Award Software International(R) Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :AWRD), the world's number one x86 Desktop and Server BIOS provider, today announced that Compaq Computer Corporation (company) Compaq Computer Corporation - The largest US manufacturer and vendor of IBM PC compatible personal computers and servers. Compaq was started in 1982 by three ex-Texas Instruments employees. Quarterly sales $2499M, profits $210M (Aug 1994). http://compaq.com/. , the largest global supplier of PCs, has licensed CardWare(R) 5.0 for Microsoft Windows NT(R) 4.0. Award Software's CardWare simplifies end-user PC Card use in several ways. CardWare enables seamless PC Card insertion, removal and/or exchange in a Windows NT 4.0 environment. CardWare's integrated support of Compaq's power management suspend/resume modes allows PC Cards to continue functioning when a system resumes power. The need to reboot To reload the operating system, which restarts the computer. See boot. (operating system) reboot - (From boot) A boot with the implication that the computer has not been down for long, or that the boot is a bounce intended to clear some state of wedgitude. See warm boot. for PC Cards is almost eliminated. CardBus is the high-performance PC Card interface technology that provides greater data throughput. This version of CardWare enables cold docking, supports PC Card sockets both in the docking bay and the system and provides the user with additional PC Card slots. "Compaq's selection of CardWare validates Award Software as the leading-edge PC Card software developer," said Laurent Gharda, Award Software's vice president of marketing. "Award Software is committed to assisting our OEMs with building more competitive products while reducing time to market by developing additional types of robust and highly compatible system management software products." To ensure PC Card compatibility with its new Microsoft Windows NT-based notebooks, Compaq will advise their premier vendors to use Award's CardWare Software Developer's Kit See SDK. (SDK (Software Developer's Kit) See developer's toolkit and Windows SDK. SDK - Software Developers Kit (or "Software Development Kit"). ). The CardWare SDK targets PC Card technology developers, facilitating the implementation of PC Card device drivers and applications. Both CardWare and the CardWare SDK enable hot swapping of standards-compliant devices such as CardBus, modems, ATA (1) (AT Attachment) The specification for IDE drives. See IDE. (2) See analog telephone adapter. ATA - Advanced Technology Attachment , SRAM See static RAM. SRAM - static random-access memory , Flash, Zoomed Video, multi-function, combo and other PC Cards. Award Software is the leader in worldwide BIOS shipments. EliteBIOS is the cornerstone system management software (SMS (1) (Storage Management System) Software used to routinely back up and archive files. See HSM. (2) (Systems Management Server) Systems management software from Microsoft that runs on Windows NT Server. ) product that Award Software designs, develops and markets to the manufacturers of desktop, server, mobile and embedded systems. Additional Award Software SMS products include the SMSAccess(TM) suite of applications for remote, streamlined system management, designed to reduce total cost of ownership. APIAccess(TM) enables Win32(R) applications to run on embedded and UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). (R) systems. Award Software continues to expand its research and development efforts to create innovative new products for the expanding computer and embedded systems industries. For more product information, email info@award.com. The company's stock is traded on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol AWRD. More information can be obtained from the company's SEC filing or by visiting Award Software's Web site at http://www.award.com . The statements in this news release, other than the historical financial information, may contain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties including those associated with the acceptance of new technology and products, competition in the mobile PC market, Award Software's ability to respond to technological change, its historical concentration of revenues from desktop EliteBIOS products and other market conditions that could cause actual results to differ materially. Further information on factors that could affect the company's results are detailed in Award Software's Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. for the year ended December 31, 1996, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. -0- Note to Editors: All trademarks are the property of their respective owners. CONTACT: Award Software International Toni Goodrich, 415/968-8886 toni_goodrich@award.com or Stapleton Communications Inc. Jessica Mussallem/Deborah Stapleton, 415/988-9207 jessica@stapleton.com |
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