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.plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>American Megatrends</li><li>International, LLC</li></ul></div></caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image ib-company-logo logo"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:American_Megatrends_(logo).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/57/American_Megatrends_%28logo%29.svg/220px-American_Megatrends_%28logo%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="59" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/57/American_Megatrends_%28logo%29.svg/330px-American_Megatrends_%28logo%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/57/American_Megatrends_%28logo%29.svg/440px-American_Megatrends_%28logo%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="202" data-file-height="54" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Trade_name" title="Trade name">Trade name</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">AMI</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formerly</th><td class="infobox-data nickname"><span class="nowrap">American Megatrends, Inc.</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Company type</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Privately_held_company" title="Privately held company">Private</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Industry</th><td class="infobox-data category"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Computer_hardware" title="Computer hardware">Computer hardware</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Computer_software" class="mw-redirect" title="Computer software">Computer software</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1985<span class="noprint">; 39 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1985</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founders</th><td class="infobox-data agent">Subramonian Shankar <br />Pat Sarma</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Gwinnett_County,_Georgia" title="Gwinnett County, Georgia">Gwinnett County, Georgia</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Key people</div></th><td class="infobox-data agent">Sanjoy Maity (<a href="/wiki/Chief_executive_officer" title="Chief executive officer">CEO</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Products</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Diagnostic software</li><li><a href="/wiki/Out-of-band_management" title="Out-of-band management">Out-of-band management</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Motherboards" class="mw-redirect" title="Motherboards">Motherboards</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Firmware" title="Firmware">Firmware</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Computer_storage" class="mw-redirect" title="Computer storage">Storage systems</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Brands</th><td class="infobox-data">AMIBIOS<br />Aptio<br />AMI EC<br />AMIDIAG<br />MegaRAC</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Number of employees</div></th><td class="infobox-data">>1000 worldwide</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ami.com">ami<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><b>Footnotes / references</b><br /><sup id="cite_ref-CorpInfo_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CorpInfo-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-iiTMadras_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iiTMadras-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <br />Pat Sarma</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>American Megatrends International, LLC</b>, <a href="/wiki/Doing_business_as" class="mw-redirect" title="Doing business as">doing business as</a> <b>AMI</b>, is an international <a href="/wiki/Computer_hardware" title="Computer hardware">hardware</a> and <a href="/wiki/Software" title="Software">software</a> company, specializing in <a href="/wiki/IBM_PC_compatible" class="mw-redirect" title="IBM PC compatible">PC</a> hardware and <a href="/wiki/Firmware" title="Firmware">firmware</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The company was founded in 1985 by Pat Sarma and Subramonian Shankar.<sup id="cite_ref-Tri_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tri-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is headquartered in Building 800 at 3095 <a href="/wiki/Satellite_Boulevard" class="mw-redirect" title="Satellite Boulevard">Satellite Boulevard</a> in <a href="/wiki/Unincorporated_area" title="Unincorporated area">unincorporated</a> <a href="/wiki/Gwinnett_County,_Georgia" title="Gwinnett County, Georgia">Gwinnett County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>, near the city of <a href="/wiki/Duluth,_Georgia" title="Duluth, Georgia">Duluth</a>, and in the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_metropolitan_area" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlanta metropolitan area">Atlanta metropolitan area</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The company started as a manufacturer of complete <a href="/wiki/Motherboard" title="Motherboard">motherboards</a>, positioning itself in the high-end segment. Its first customer was PCs Limited,<sup id="cite_ref-Tri_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tri-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> later known as <a href="/wiki/Dell_Computer" class="mw-redirect" title="Dell Computer">Dell Computer</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-SBNonline_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SBNonline-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As hardware activity moved progressively to <a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a>-based <a href="/wiki/Original_design_manufacturer" title="Original design manufacturer">original design manufacturers</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Digitimes_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Digitimes-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> AMI continued to develop BIOS firmware for major motherboard manufacturers.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The company produced BIOS software for motherboards (1986), server motherboards (1992), storage controllers (1995) and remote-management cards (1998).<sup id="cite_ref-:1_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:American_Megatrends_IMG_0410_(cropped)_MG9060CQFP.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/American_Megatrends_IMG_0410_%28cropped%29_MG9060CQFP.jpg/220px-American_Megatrends_IMG_0410_%28cropped%29_MG9060CQFP.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/American_Megatrends_IMG_0410_%28cropped%29_MG9060CQFP.jpg/330px-American_Megatrends_IMG_0410_%28cropped%29_MG9060CQFP.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/American_Megatrends_IMG_0410_%28cropped%29_MG9060CQFP.jpg/440px-American_Megatrends_IMG_0410_%28cropped%29_MG9060CQFP.jpg 2x" data-file-width="940" data-file-height="940" /></a><figcaption>AMI <a href="/wiki/Integrated_circuit" title="Integrated circuit">integrated circuit</a> at a MegaRAID SCSI controller</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1993, AMI produced MegaRAID, a storage <a href="/wiki/Disk_array_controller" title="Disk array controller">controller card</a>. AMI sold its RAID assets to <a href="/wiki/LSI_Corporation" title="LSI Corporation">LSI Corporation</a><sup id="cite_ref-Tri_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tri-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in 2001,<sup id="cite_ref-LSI_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LSI-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with only one employee from the RAID-division remaining with the AMI core team.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>AMI continued to focus on <a href="/wiki/Original_equipment_manufacturer" title="Original equipment manufacturer">OEM</a> and <a href="/wiki/Original_design_manufacturer" title="Original design manufacturer">ODM</a> business and technology.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its product line includes or has previously included <b>AMIBIOS</b><sup id="cite_ref-:2_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (a <a href="/wiki/BIOS" title="BIOS">BIOS</a>), <b>Aptio</b> (a successor to AMIBIOS8 based on the <a href="/wiki/UEFI" title="UEFI">UEFI</a> standard), diagnostic software, AMI EC (<a href="/wiki/Embedded_controller" title="Embedded controller">embedded controller</a> firmware), MG-Series <a href="/wiki/SGPIO" title="SGPIO">SGPIO</a> <a href="/wiki/Backplane#Backplanes_in_storage" title="Backplane">backplane controllers</a> (for <a href="/wiki/Serial_ATA" class="mw-redirect" title="Serial ATA">SATA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Serial_Attached_SCSI" title="Serial Attached SCSI">SAS</a> and <a href="/wiki/NVM_Express" title="NVM Express">NVMe</a> storage devices), driver/firmware development, and <a href="/wiki/MegaRAC" title="MegaRAC">MegaRAC</a> (<a href="/wiki/Intelligent_Platform_Management_Interface#Baseboard_management_controller" title="Intelligent Platform Management Interface">BMC</a> firmware).<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Tri_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tri-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Founding">Founding</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Megatrends&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Founding"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:American_Megatrends_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/American_Megatrends_logo.svg/220px-American_Megatrends_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="58" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/American_Megatrends_logo.svg/330px-American_Megatrends_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/American_Megatrends_logo.svg/440px-American_Megatrends_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="272" /></a><figcaption>Old American Megatrends logo (1985–2020)<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>American Megatrends Inc. (AMI) was founded in 1985 by Subramonian Shankar and Pat Sarma with funds from a previous consulting venture, Access Methods Inc. (also AMI).<sup id="cite_ref-Tri_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tri-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Access Methods was a company run by Pat Sarma and his partner. After Access Methods successfully launched the AMIBIOS, there were legal issues among the owners of the company, resulting in Sarma buying out his partners. Access Methods still owned the rights to the AMIBIOS. Sarma had already started a company called Quintessential Consultants Inc. (QCI), and later set up an equal partnership with Shankar.<sup id="cite_ref-:10_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:10-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By this time the AMIBIOS had become established and there was a need to keep the initials AMI. The partners renamed QCI as American Megatrends Inc., with the same initials as Access Methods Inc.; the renamed company then purchased AMIBIOS from Access Methods. Shankar became the president and Sarma the executive vice-president of this company.<sup id="cite_ref-:10_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:10-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This partnership continued until 2001, when LSI Logic purchased the RAID Division of American Megatrends; American Megatrends then purchased all shares of the company owned by Sarma, making Shankar the majority owner.<sup id="cite_ref-Tri_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tri-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Products">Products</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Megatrends&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Products"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="AMIDiag">AMIDiag</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Megatrends&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: AMIDiag"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>AMIDiag is a family of PC diagnostic utilities sold to <a href="/wiki/OEMs" class="mw-redirect" title="OEMs">OEMs</a> only.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The AMIDiag Suite was introduced in 1991 and made available for <a href="/wiki/MS-DOS" title="MS-DOS">MS-DOS</a>, <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Microsoft Windows</a> and <a href="/wiki/Unified_Extensible_Firmware_Interface" class="mw-redirect" title="Unified Extensible Firmware Interface">Unified Extensible Firmware Interface</a> (<a href="/wiki/UEFI" title="UEFI">UEFI</a>) platforms.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It includes both the Windows and DOS PC diagnostics programs. Later versions of AMIDiag support UEFI, which allows diagnostics to be performed directly on the hardware components, without having to use operating system drivers or facilities.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Aptio">Aptio</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Megatrends&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Aptio"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>AMI's <a href="/wiki/UEFI" title="UEFI">UEFI</a> firmware solutions. Aptio V is AMI's current main UEFI firmware product. Aptio CommunityEdition is an open source UEFI firmware product. Aptio 4 is a now-discontinued previous version that has been succeeded by Aptio V. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="MegaRAC">MegaRAC</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Megatrends&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: MegaRAC"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/MegaRAC" title="MegaRAC">MegaRAC</a></div> <p>MegaRAC is a product line of <a href="/wiki/Baseboard_management_controller" class="mw-redirect" title="Baseboard management controller">baseboard management controller</a> firmware packages and formerly Service Processors providing <a href="/wiki/Out-of-band_management" title="Out-of-band management">Out-of-band</a>, or Lights-out remote management of computer systems. These baseboard management controllers running MegaRAC firmware packages or service processors operate independently of the Operating System status or location, to manage and troubleshoot computers. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Former_products">Former products</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Megatrends&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Former products"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="AMIBIOS">AMIBIOS</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Megatrends&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: AMIBIOS"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:AMI_486DX_EISA_BIOS_20051109.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/AMI_486DX_EISA_BIOS_20051109.jpg/220px-AMI_486DX_EISA_BIOS_20051109.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="109" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/AMI_486DX_EISA_BIOS_20051109.jpg/330px-AMI_486DX_EISA_BIOS_20051109.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0e/AMI_486DX_EISA_BIOS_20051109.jpg 2x" data-file-width="388" data-file-height="192" /></a><figcaption>A chip containing AMI ROM BIOS firmware on a <a href="/wiki/Gigabyte_Technology" title="Gigabyte Technology">Gigabyte</a> GA-486TA <a href="/wiki/Baby_AT" class="mw-redirect" title="Baby AT">Baby AT</a> motherboard from 1992</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable" style="float:right; clear:right;" width="30%"> <caption>Table of diagnostic beep codes compiled by AMI BIOS during <a href="/wiki/Power-on_self_test" class="mw-redirect" title="Power-on self test">power-on self test</a><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Number of beeps</th> <th>Meaning </th></tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td>Power-on self test successful </td></tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>Parity error in the first 64 <a href="/wiki/Kilobyte" title="Kilobyte">KB</a> of RAM </td></tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>Memory failure in the first 64 KB of RAM </td></tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td>Same as 3, but also including a non-functional timer 1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td>CPU error </td></tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td>Error in the <a href="/wiki/A20_line" title="A20 line">A20 line</a> on the 8042 keyboard controller chip </td></tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td>Generation of a CPU virtual mode exception signifying an error </td></tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td>Read/write error when accessing system <a href="/wiki/Video_RAM" class="mw-redirect" title="Video RAM">video RAM</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td>Mismatch between the calculated checksum of the ROM firmware and the expected value hardcoded into the firmware. </td></tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td>Read/write error for the CMOS NVRAM shutdown register </td></tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td>A fault in the <a href="/wiki/L2_cache" class="mw-redirect" title="L2 cache">L2 cache</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>AMIBIOS (also written as AMI BIOS) is the <a href="/wiki/IBM_PC_compatible" class="mw-redirect" title="IBM PC compatible">IBM PC</a>-compatible <a href="/wiki/BIOS" title="BIOS">BIOS</a> that was formerly developed and sold by American Megatrends since 1986.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1994, the company claimed that 75% of <a href="/wiki/PC_clone" class="mw-redirect" title="PC clone">PC clones</a> used AMIBIOS.<sup id="cite_ref-schmidt199407_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-schmidt199407-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is used on <a href="/wiki/Motherboard" title="Motherboard">motherboards</a> made by AMI and by other companies.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:AMIBIOS_in_PCChips_M925LR_Pentium_4.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/AMIBIOS_in_PCChips_M925LR_Pentium_4.jpg/220px-AMIBIOS_in_PCChips_M925LR_Pentium_4.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="262" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/AMIBIOS_in_PCChips_M925LR_Pentium_4.jpg/330px-AMIBIOS_in_PCChips_M925LR_Pentium_4.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/AMIBIOS_in_PCChips_M925LR_Pentium_4.jpg/440px-AMIBIOS_in_PCChips_M925LR_Pentium_4.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2532" data-file-height="3013" /></a><figcaption>A chip containing an old version AMIBIOS image, pulled from an ECS motherboard</figcaption></figure> <p>American Megatrends had a strict OEM business model for AMIBIOS: it sold source code to motherboard manufacturers or customized AMIBIOS for each OEM individually, whichever business model they require.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> AMI does not sell to end users, and itself produces no end-user documentation or technical support for its BIOS firmware, leaving that to licensees.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the company published two books on its BIOS in 1993 and 1994, written by its engineers.<sup id="cite_ref-Mueller_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mueller-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During powerup, the BIOS firmware displays an ID string in the lower-left-hand corner of the screen.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This ID string comprises various pieces of information about the firmware, including when it was compiled, what configuration options were selected, the OEM license code, and the targeted chipset and motherboard.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are 3 ID string formats, the first for older AMIBIOS, and the second and third for the newer AMI Hi-Flex ("high flexibility") BIOS.<sup id="cite_ref-Mueller_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mueller-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These latter are displayed when the Insert key is pressed during power-on self-test.<sup id="cite_ref-Mueller_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mueller-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The original AMI BIOS did not encrypt the machine startup password, which it stored in non-volatile RAM.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_18-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Therefore, any utility capable of reading a PC's NVRAM was able to read and to alter the password.<sup id="cite_ref-Mueller_17-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mueller-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The AMI WinBIOS encrypts the stored password, using a simple <a href="/wiki/Substitution_cipher" title="Substitution cipher">substitution cipher</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Croucher_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Croucher-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By pressing the <a href="/wiki/Delete_key" title="Delete key">Delete key</a> during power-on self-test when a prompt is displayed, the BIOS setup utility program is invoked.<sup id="cite_ref-Mueller_17-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mueller-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some earlier AMIBIOS versions also included a cut-down version of the AMIDIAG utility that AMI also sold separately, but most later AMI BIOSes do not include this program as the BIOS <a href="/wiki/Desktop_Management_Interface" title="Desktop Management Interface">DMI</a> already incorporates detailed diagnostics.<sup id="cite_ref-Mueller_17-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mueller-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>AMIBIOS was formerly sold through distributors, not directly available from the manufacturer or from eSupport.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>AMI supplies both DOS and <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a> firmware upgrade utilities for its own motherboards. eSupport only supplies a Windows upgrade utility.<sup id="cite_ref-Mueller_17-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mueller-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:5_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:4_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="StorTrends/ManageTrends"><span id="StorTrends.2FManageTrends"></span>StorTrends/ManageTrends</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Megatrends&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: StorTrends/ManageTrends"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/StorTrends" title="StorTrends">StorTrends</a> family of network-based backup and storage management software and hardware includes several NAS and iSCSI-based SAN servers with 4, 12, or 16 drive bays.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>AMI couples off-the-shelf hardware with the StorTrends iTX storage management firmware platform.<sup id="cite_ref-SBBWG_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SBBWG-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> StorTrends offers synchronous, asynchronous and snap-assisted replication, <a href="/wiki/Thin_provisioning" title="Thin provisioning">thin provisioning</a>, high-availability grouping and advanced caching.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Reliability and performance is the key for any storage server. StorTrends iTX 2.8 is designed to support Storage Bridge Bay specification that provide Auto-<a href="/wiki/Failover" title="Failover">Failover</a> capability to ensure that any interruption is handled without affecting data.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_22-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It supports <a href="/wiki/High-availability_cluster" title="High-availability cluster">High-availability cluster</a>, redundancy, scalability, replication, disaster recovery and multiple site backups.<sup id="cite_ref-StorTrends_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-StorTrends-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SBBWG_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SBBWG-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="DuOS-M"><span class="anchor" id="DUOS-M"></span>DuOS-M</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Megatrends&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: DuOS-M"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox vevent"><caption class="infobox-title summary">Dual OS Environment for Microsoft Windows</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image logo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Amiduoslogo.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Amiduoslogo.png/200px-Amiduoslogo.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="66" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Amiduoslogo.png/300px-Amiduoslogo.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Amiduoslogo.png/400px-Amiduoslogo.png 2x" data-file-width="1042" data-file-height="342" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Programmer" title="Programmer">Developer(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data">American Megatrends</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Initial release</th><td class="infobox-data">July 2014</td></tr><tr style="display: none;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Software_release_life_cycle" title="Software release life cycle">Stable release</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="margin:0px;">1.0.4.5135 </div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Operating_system" title="Operating system">Operating system</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Windows_7" title="Windows 7">Windows 7</a>, <a href="/wiki/Windows_8" title="Windows 8">Windows 8</a>, <a href="/wiki/Windows_8.1" title="Windows 8.1">Windows 8.1</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Software_license" title="Software license">License</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Trialware" class="mw-redirect" title="Trialware">Trialware</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180305172254/http://www.amiduos.com:80/">http://www.amiduos.com/</a> (archived)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i>DuOS-M</i> was commercial software developed by American Megatrends for <a href="/wiki/Intel" title="Intel">Intel</a> <a href="/wiki/X86" title="X86">x86</a>-based computers<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> using the <a href="/wiki/Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a> <a href="/wiki/Windows" class="mw-redirect" title="Windows">Windows</a> <a href="/wiki/Operating_system" title="Operating system">operating system</a> to provide a "dual operating system" environment in which the user can simultaneously deploy the <a href="/wiki/Android_(operating_system)" title="Android (operating system)">Android</a> operating system in tandem with Microsoft Windows.<sup id="cite_ref-:8_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Because DuOS-M has the capability to run both Windows and Android simultaneously, the user can switch<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> between the two operating systems without having to <a href="/wiki/Dual_boot" class="mw-redirect" title="Dual boot">dual boot</a> or suspend operation of one operating system in order to utilize the other.<sup id="cite_ref-:8_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>DuOS-M supports key hardware <a href="/wiki/Peripherals" class="mw-redirect" title="Peripherals">peripherals</a><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in Windows including cameras, audio, microphone and sensors such as ambient light sensor, <a href="/wiki/Accelerometer" title="Accelerometer">accelerometer</a>, gyrometer, <a href="/wiki/Compass" title="Compass">compass</a> and orientation sensors.<sup id="cite_ref-:8_26-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It also supports various screen sizes, resolutions, and screen orientation (portrait and landscape) along with 3D acceleration and HD video playback.<sup id="cite_ref-:8_26-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first version of DuOS-M was released in June 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-:8_26-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The software is available for download for a free 30-day trial,<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and is available for purchase for a complete license. </p><p>On March 7, 2018, American Megatrends officially announced that it ceased development of DuOS-M.<sup id="cite_ref-:8_26-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:9_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:9-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> No further updates were being released at this time, including bug fixes and security patches. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Technical_problems">Technical problems</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Megatrends&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Technical problems"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On November 13, 1993, some PCs with AMIBIOS firmware began bootup playing the tune to "<a href="/wiki/Happy_Birthday_To_You" class="mw-redirect" title="Happy Birthday To You">Happy Birthday</a>". The PC would remain halted, and the song would continue playing until a key was pressed, after which bootup would resume.<sup id="cite_ref-b1_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-b1-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The problem was caused by a virus-free <a href="/wiki/Trojan_horse_(computing)" title="Trojan horse (computing)">Trojan</a>, which was later resolved with firmware updates.<sup id="cite_ref-b1_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-b1-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The AMI WinBIOS was a 1994 update to AMIBIOS, with a <a href="/wiki/Graphical_user_interface" title="Graphical user interface">graphical user interface</a> setup screen that mimicked the appearance of <a href="/wiki/Windows_3.1" title="Windows 3.1">Windows 3.1</a> and supported <a href="/wiki/Computer_mouse" title="Computer mouse">mouse</a> navigation, unusual at the time. WinBIOS was viewed favorably by Anand Lal Shimpi at <a href="/wiki/AnandTech" title="AnandTech">AnandTech</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but described by Thomas Pabst at Tom's Hardware as a "big disappointment", in part because of problems with distributing IRQ signals to every PCI and ISA expansion slot.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 2008 Linux developers discovered issues with ACPI tables on certain AMIBIOS BIOSes supplied by Foxconn, ASUS, and MSI.<sup id="cite_ref-:11_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:11-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The problem was related to the ACPI _OSI method, which is used by ACPI to determine the OS version (in case an ACPI patch only applies to one specific OS). In some cases, the OSI method caused problems on Linux systems, skipping code that was only executed on Windows systems. Foxconn and AMI worked together to develop a solution, which was included in later revisions of AMIBIOS.<sup id="cite_ref-:11_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:11-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The issue affected motherboards with Intel Socket 775. Actual system behavior differed based on BIOS version, system hardware and <a href="/wiki/Linux_distribution" title="Linux distribution">Linux distribution</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:11_34-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:11-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2021 an issue was discovered where some Baseboard Management Controllers were shipped with a license/royalty sticker that had the company name misspelled as "American Megatrands".<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Worldwide_offices">Worldwide offices</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Megatrends&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Worldwide offices"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> <ul><li>Headquarters: <a href="/wiki/Duluth,_Georgia" title="Duluth, Georgia">Duluth, Georgia</a></li> <li>Field offices: <a href="/wiki/San_Jose,_California" title="San Jose, California">San Jose, California</a>; <a href="/wiki/Austin,_Texas" title="Austin, Texas">Austin, Texas</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beijing" title="Beijing">Beijing</a>, <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="People's Republic of China">People's Republic of China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kunshan" title="Kunshan">Kunshan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jiangsu" title="Jiangsu">Jiangsu</a>, <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="People's Republic of China">People's Republic of China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shenzhen" title="Shenzhen">Shenzhen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guangdong" title="Guangdong">Guangdong</a>, <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="People's Republic of China">People's Republic of China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taipei" title="Taipei">Taipei</a>, <a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Munich" title="Munich">Munich</a>, <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chennai" title="Chennai">Chennai</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chiyoda,_Tokyo" title="Chiyoda, Tokyo">Chiyoda, Tokyo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seoul" title="Seoul">Seoul</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korea</a></li> <li>Formerly had an office in <a href="/wiki/DuPont,_Washington" title="DuPont, Washington">DuPont</a>, <a href="/wiki/Washington_(state)" title="Washington (state)">Washington</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Megatrends&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239009302">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid 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Retrieved on May 6, 2009.</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Megatrends&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAmerican_Megatrends,_Inc.1993" class="citation book cs1">American Megatrends, Inc. (1993). <i>Programmer's Guide to the AMIBIOS</i> (paperback). Windcrest/McGraw-Hill. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-07-001562-7" title="Special:BookSources/0-07-001562-7"><bdi>0-07-001562-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Programmer%27s+Guide+to+the+AMIBIOS&rft.pub=Windcrest%2FMcGraw-Hill&rft.date=1993&rft.isbn=0-07-001562-7&rft.au=American+Megatrends%2C+Inc.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAmerican+Megatrends" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAmerican_Megatrends,_Inc.1993" class="citation book cs1">American Megatrends, Inc. (1993). <i>Programmer's Guide to the AMIBIOS</i> (hardcover). Windcrest/McGraw-Hill. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-07-001561-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-07-001561-9"><bdi>0-07-001561-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Programmer%27s+Guide+to+the+AMIBIOS&rft.pub=Windcrest%2FMcGraw-Hill&rft.date=1993&rft.isbn=0-07-001561-9&rft.au=American+Megatrends%2C+Inc.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAmerican+Megatrends" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Megatrends&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" 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