INTEL DEVELOPER FORUM, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - American Megatrends Inc. (AMI) is pleased to announce that its Aptio®4.x UEFI BIOS firmware supports the new Intel® Atom processor E6xxx series announced today by Intel.

These new Intel® Atom™ processors are ideal for a wide range of embedded designs, including industrial and home automation, vending and point-of-sale, media, entertainment and automotive applications. In designing the Intel® Atom™ processor E6xx series, Intel has maintained a core focus on the platform’s flexibility, reduced bill of materials (BOM) and high performance density, to offer a compelling solution that boasts low power consumption, a compact layout for small form factor designs and improved integrated graphics performance.

S. Shankar, President and CEO of American Megatrends, commented that “as a long-standing member of the Intel® Embedded Alliance, we are proud to announce our continued support for the expanded Intel® Atom™ platforms. The growth of the Intel® Atom™ processor series lineup enables even greater adoption of UEFI BIOS firmware solutions, and our Aptio is at the forefront. AMI remains committed to ensuring that our Aptio UEFI firmware offerings satisfy the most rigorous demands of the marketplace.”

Aptio is built around Visual eBIOS (VeB), the innovative development environment designed specifically for BIOS porting. VeB continues to simplify BIOS development worldwide by removing barriers normally associated with BIOS development in the command line environment. Aptio builds on that experience, providing next-generation BIOS firmware based on Unified EFI (UEFI).

“The new Intel® Atom™ processor E6xx series offers versatility in embedded design to enable quick development of a wide range of solutions" said Jonathan Luse, director of marketing for the Intel Low Power Embedded Products Division. "Embedded customers can speed delivery of new solutions with the combination of the new Intel® Atom™ processors with AMI Aptio® 4.x solutions for full OS compatibility and UEFI pre-boot functionality."

Aptio® 4.x evaluation BIOS for Intel Customer Reference Boards featuring the Intel® Atom™ processor E6xx series are available now. Interested parties are encouraged to contact AMI’s Software Sales Department for details at 1-800-U-BUY-AMI.

Intel and Atom are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and other countries.

About AMI:
Founded in 1985 and known worldwide for AMIBIOS®, American Megatrends Inc. (AMI) supplies state-of-the-art hardware, software, and utilities to today's high-tech manufacturers. AMI’s innovative Aptio® solution for UEFI, modular AMIBIOS8, high quality StorTrends® IP Storage Area Networks (IP-SAN), Network Attached Storage (NAS), and Storage Management software solutions, along with MegaRAC® remote server management, KVM over IP, IPMI 2.0 firmware and high-density motherboards 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® Embedded Alliance and the Trusted Computing Group (TCG). Headquartered in Atlanta, AMI has locations in the U.S., China, Germany, India, Japan, Korea and Taiwan to better serve its customers.

American Megatrends, Inc.
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Norcross, GA 30093 USA
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On the web: www.ami.com

Press Contact: Chris Menosky, Marketing Communications Manager
American Megatrends, Inc.
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Email: christopherm@ami.com

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