DMIAccess: Desktop Management Interface utilities.SMSAccess: System management software suite.CheckIt POSTcard: Power On Self Test system diagnostic board.EliteBIOS: It is the system management software product that Award Software designs, develops and markets to the manufacturers of desktop, server, mobile and embedded systems.CardWare: It is a PC Card software product.AwardBIOS: It is a BIOS developed by Award Software, and later Phoenix Technologies.Products Award BIOS in an Atmel AT29C010A PLCC flash memory
Award Software Japan, KK: Established in.instead of Phoenix Technologies Ltd., including the UEFI firmware. After merger Īfter the Phoenix–Award merger, later revisions of Award BIOS still attribute copyright to Award Software Inc. The merger was completed on 28 September 1998. would become the surviving corporate entity following the merger completion on 30 June 1998. announced the completion of a definitive merger agreement where Phoenix Technologies Ltd. On 16 April 1998, Phoenix Technologies Ltd. announced the acquisition of BIOS upgrades provider Unicore Software, Inc. On 16 June 1997, Award Software International Inc. On 24 October 1996, Award Software International Inc. In 1993, it was sold to Taiwan company GCH Systems Ltd. The company was held privately by Rene Vishney (chairman of the board) and his wife, Deborah Lee (Marlow) Vishney (Chief Executive Officer). In 1984, the company moved its international headquarters to Los Gatos, California, United States. was a BIOS manufacturer founded in 1983 by Rene Vishney and Bob Stillman in San Jose, California. JSTOR ( July 2012) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Īward BIOS during booting Award BIOS setup utility on a standard PCĪward Software International Inc.Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources. This article relies excessively on references to primary sources.