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AMIBIOS (AMI BIOS)

Contributor(s): Heather Cox

AMIBIOS is one of the original brands of basic input/output system (BIOS) chip and is probably the most commonly installed BIOS chip in today's personal computers. The "AMIBIOS" name is one of the messages that may flash across your screen when you turn your computer on. AMIBIOS is made by American Megatrends in Norcross, Georgia, which also makes redundant array of independent disks systems, motherboards and other products.

This was last updated in June 2007

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