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American Megatrends joins the HyperTransport Technology Consortium

Tuesday: July 16, 2002

Editorial Summary:

  • AMI to Join HyperTransport Technology Consortium
  • AMIBIOS8 will support HyperTransport technology

Atlanta, GA (Tuesday, July 16, 2002) AMI, a leader in storage and computing innovations worldwide, today announced it has joined the HyperTransport Technology Consortium to endorse its high-speed connectivity technology with AMIBIOS8.

HyperTransport is a high-speed, low-lantency, chip-to-chip interconnection used by high-performance computer systems. This technology enables chips to transfer data at peak rates of up to 12.8 Gigabytes per second, providing a dramatic increase in bandwidth over legacy buses and bridges.

HyperTransport is compatible with legacy PC buses, is extensible to System Network Architecture buses and software compatible with the PCI bus standard. HyperTransport reduces I/O bottlenecks by providing a

About AMI : Founded in 1985 and known worldwide for AMIBIOS®, American Megatrends Inc. (AMI) supplies state-of-the-art hardware, software, and utilities to top-tier manufacturers of desktop, server, mobile and embedded systems. AMI’s industry leading Aptio® V UEFI BIOS firmware, innovative StorTrends® Network Storage hardware and software products and MegaRAC® remote server management solutions continue to garner industry acclaim and awards around the world. In line with the diversity of its technology and product line, AMI is a member of a number of industry associations and standards groups, such as the Unified EFI Forum (UEFI), the Intel® Intelligent Systems Alliance and the Trusted Computing Group (TCG). Headquartered in Norcross, Georgia, AMI has locations in the U.S., China, Germany, India, Japan, Korea and Taiwan to better serve its customers.


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