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American Megatrends Incorporated (AMI) is an American hardware and software company that specializes in PC hardware and firmware. The company was founded in 1985 by Pat Sarma and S. Shankar, who was chairman and president .〔 It is headquartered in Building 200 at 5555 Oakbrook Parkway in Gwinnett County, Georgia, United States, near the city of Norcross.〔"(Contact Us )." ''American Megatrends''. Retrieved on May 6, 2009. "Mailing Address American Megatrends Inc. 5555 Oakbrook Pkwy Building 200 Norcross, Georgia 30093"〕〔"(OFFICIAL ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF NORCROSS )." City of Norcross. Retrieved on May 29, 2011.〕 The company started as a manufacturer of complete motherboards, positioning itself in the high-end segment. Its first customer was PCs Ltd,〔 later known as Dell Computers,〔Jacobs, Daniel G. "(Business revolutionary )." ''Smart Business''. July 2004. Retrieved on May 6, 2009.〕 making one of the first Intel 80386 designs. As hardware business moved progressively to Taiwan-based original design manufacturers,〔Morris, Ricky. "(Motherboard Industry Overview )." ''Digitimes''. Monday June 9, 2008 (last update Wednesday July 9, 2008). Retrieved on May 6, 2009.〕 AMI continued to be a BIOS firmware developer for major motherboard manufacturers. The company produced BIOS software for motherboards, server motherboards (1992), storage controllers (1995) and remote management cards (1998). In 1996 AMI produced MegaRAID, a storage controller card which was adopted by major OEMs including HP and Dell. The RAID division assets were sold to LSI Logic 〔 in 2001.〔"(American Megatrends Inc. to Sell Industry-Leading RAID Business to LSI Logic. )" ''Business Wire''. May 29, 2001. Retrieved on May 5, 2009.〕 AMI continued to focus on OEM business and technology. Its product line includes AMIBIOS (a BIOS), Aptio (a successor to AMIBIOS8 based on the UEFI standard), diagnostic software, remote access firmware, motherboards, SGPIO backplane controllers, driver/firmware development, ''service processors'', NAS and SAN storage systems for SMBs, and solutions for the Android operating system.〔 ==Products== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「American Megatrends」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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