AMI Releases First and Only System Enabling BIOS for Universal Serial Bus

AMI Maintains Position As Leading Firmware Technology Developer

ATLANTA (Monday, February 7, 1996) American Megatrends, Inc. announced
today AMIBIOS 95+, the first and only system ready BIOS support for the
new Universal Serial Bus (USB) computer peripheral standard. American
Megatrends' USB technology has been designed to bring Plug and Play
technology "outside the box" for greater flexibility in attaching and
reconfiguring peripheral devices. AMIBIOS 95+ is currently the only
firmware available to support USB host controllers and low to medium speed
devices including keyboards, mice, joysticks, and modems.

The advanced design of AMIBIOS 95+ serves to fully exploit USB features,
promoting ease of use, telephony integration, and flexibility. AMIBIOS 95+
provides complete USB support with full bus enumeration. This bus
enumeration allows the BIOS to dynamically enumerate, detect, and
configure all devices on the serial bus. In addition, AMIBIOS 95+ provides
hard attach/detach capabilities, supporting hard insertion, and removal of
USB devices. This eliminates the need to reboot when plugging in new
devices.

AMIBIOS 95+ also offers legacy keyboard and mouse support. This features
allows non-USB aware applications and operating systems to work seamlessly
with serial bus devices. USB support is available from boot up onward so
that BIOS setup and peripheral setup, such as SCSI firmware, can also work
with USB keyboards.

AMI stands as the first firmware company in the world to provide any form
of current USB support. The release of AMIBIOS 95+ will allow today's
systems to be seamlessly integrated with tomorrow's USB keyboard and mouse
technology as it becomes available. AMI has worked closely with keyboard
vendors to ensure maximum compatibility and has successfully tested the
USB support of AMIBIOS 95+ with all current operating systems.

AMIBIOS 95+ will premier at the USB Developers Conference February 7 - 9 in
Santa Clara, California, where American Megatrends will demonstrate its
newest BIOS with a fully functional USB keyboard and system. Atlanta-
based American Megatrends, Inc., in over half the computers in the world
with its world-famous AMIBIOS, also produces a variety of software and
hardware solutions including keyboard controllers, PCMCIA software,
motherboards, RAID controllers, and computer telephony peripheral cards.
AMI can be reached at (800) 828-9264 or (770) 246-8600 and on the World
Wide Web at http://www.megatrends.com
 
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