Access Methods was a company run by Pat Sarma and his partner. (AMI) was founded in 1985 by Subramonian Shankar and Pat Sarma with funds from a previous consulting venture, Access Methods Inc. Old American Megatrends logo (1985–2020) Īmerican Megatrends Inc. Its product line includes AMIBIOS (a BIOS), Aptio (a successor to AMIBIOS8 based on the UEFI standard), diagnostic software, AMI EC ( embedded controller firmware), MG-Series SGPIO backplane controllers (for SATA, SAS and NVMe storage devices), driver/firmware development, and MegaRAC ( BMC firmware). AMI sold its RAID assets to LSI Corporation in 2001, with only one employee from the RAID-division remaining with the AMI core team.ĪMI continued to focus on OEM and ODM business and technology. In 1993, AMI produced MegaRAID, a storage controller card. The company produced BIOS software for motherboards (1986), server motherboards (1992), storage controllers (1995) and remote-management cards (1998). Īs hardware activity moved progressively to Taiwan-based original design manufacturers, AMI continued to develop BIOS firmware for major motherboard manufacturers. Its first customer was PCs Limited, later known as Dell Computer. The company started as a manufacturer of complete motherboards, positioning itself in the high-end segment. It is headquartered in Building 800 at 3095 Satellite Boulevard in unincorporated Gwinnett County, Georgia, United States, near the city of Duluth, and in the Atlanta metropolitan area. The company was founded in 1985 by Pat Sarma and Subramonian Shankar. AMI ( American Megatrends International LLC, formerly American Megatrends Inc.) is an international hardware and software company, specializing in PC hardware and firmware.

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