Management Firmware from American Megatrends Demonstrated with National Semiconductor and Renesas Technology BMC Chips
Tuesday: November 25, 2003
Editorial Summary:
- AMI’s IPMI firmware was demonstrated at the Intel® System Management Event for IPMI solutions on Intel Lindenhurst chipset-based designs.
- The IPMI code supports National Semiconductor PC87435 and Renesas Technology H8 Baseboard Management Controllers.
- AMIBIOS8 was operational with the National Semiconductor BMCs, Renesas Technology H8 and Q-Logic Zircon, interacting with firmware from AMI, OSA and QLogic.
Atlanta, GA (Tuesday, November 25, 2003) American Megatrends Inc. (AMI), a leader in computing innovations worldwide, today announced its IPMI server management firmware for server and embedded motherboards was successfully demonstrated with National Semiconductor and Renesas Technology Baseboard Management Controllers (BMCs) on Intel®’s next generation reference platforms.
During the Intel System Management Event held this month in Dupont (WA), AMI worked with National Semiconductor and Renesas Technology to showcase its MegaRAC PM and AMIBIOS8 on Intel’s Lindenhurst reference platform. AMI’s firmware is IPMI-standard based and complements the advanced hardware Reliability, Availability and Serviceability (RAS) features built into the Intel Lindenhurst chipset.
AMI is pleased to have had the opportunity to show support for new 2004 server platforms bas
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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