the time. WinBIOS was viewed favourably by Anand Lal Shimpi at AnandTech, 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. In July 2008 Linux developers discovered issues with ACPI tables on certain AMIBIOS BIOSes supplied by Foxconn, ASUS, and MSI. The problem is 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. The issue affected motherboards with Intel Socket 775. Actual system behavior differed based on BIOS version, system hardware and Linux distribution. In October 2021 a supply chain issue was discovered where Baseboard Management Controllers were shipped with a license/royalty sticker that included a typo where the company name was written as "American Megatrands". It was determined to use the issue sticker as is and so many BMCs will continue to ship with this typo until further notice. Worldwide offices United States Headquarters: Gwinnett County, Georgia Field offices: San Jose, California; Austin, Texas Beijing, People's Republic of China Kunshan, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China Shenzhen, Guangdong, People's Republic of China Taipei, Taiwan Munich, Germany Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan Seoul, South Korea Formerly had an office in DuPont, Washington, United States See also BIOS features comparison Insyde Software Phoenix Technologies Award Software, now part of Phoenix List of companies of Taiwan References Further reading External links American Megatrends (USA) Company Profile Introduction to AMIBIOS8: Overview of key features in the latest AMIBIOS American Megatrends India Pvt Ltd. Companies based in Gwinnett County, Georgia Software companies based in Georgia (U.S. state) BIOS Software companies established in 1985 Software companies of the United States 1985 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state) Computer hardware companies Computer companies of the United States