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AMIBIOS 8 is a version of AMIBIOS developed by American Megatrends in the early 2000s and released in October 2001. It was the last commercial version of AMIBIOS and the successor to both AMIBIOS 07.00.xx and 07.00.10, the former based on the newer AMIBIOS codebase (which AMIBIOS 8 is also based on) and the latter based on the older AMIBIOS 6 codebase.

Although it was released in 2001, it was not widely used until 2003 with the release of the Intel 865x series of chipsets (codenamed "Springdale"). Despite this, it was a very popular BIOS solution at its peak and was used on many motherboards released between 2003 and 2011, making it a serious competitor to other solutions of that time, such as AwardBIOS v6.00PG. It was most commonly used on Intel chipset based ASUS motherboards released in that era, but was also used by many other manufacturers, including:

ASRock
Biostar
Colorful
ECS Elitegroup/PC Chips
Foxconn
GIGABYTE (mainly on some server motherboards)
MSI (Micro-Star International)
Supermicro

It was replaced in 2005 by Aptio, a UEFI firmware developed by the same company. However, it was still widely used on most systems until 2011, when it was discontinued for Intel's 6-series chipsets for LGA1155 motherboards. The last chipsets with AMIBIOS 8 were the H55, H57 and Q57 for Intel processors and the AMD 970 with the SB950 southbridge for AMD processors (the latter only on the Maxsun MS-A970 Pro). Most systems based on Vortex86 SoCs, some of which were released after 2011, also use AMIBIOS 8.

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-AMIBIOS 8 is a version of [[AMIBIOS]] developed by [[American Megatrends]] and released in October 2001. It was the last commercial version of AMIBIOS and the successor to both [[AMIBIOS 07.00.xx]] and [[AMIBIOS 07.00.10|07.00.10]], the former based on the newer AMIBIOS codebase (on which AMIBIOS 8 is also based) and the latter based on the older [[AMIBIOS 6]] codebase.
+AMIBIOS 8 is a version of [[AMIBIOS]] developed by [[American Megatrends]] in the early 2000s and released in October 2001. It was the last commercial version of AMIBIOS and the successor to both [[AMIBIOS 07.00.xx]] and [[AMIBIOS 07.00.10|07.00.10]], the former based on the newer AMIBIOS codebase (which AMIBIOS 8 is also based on) and the latter based on the older [[AMIBIOS 6]] codebase.
-Although it was released in 2001, it was not commonly used until 2003 when the Intel 865x (Springdale) series chipsets were released. Despite this and at its peak, it was a very popular BIOS solution and was used on many motherboards released between 2003 and 2011. It was most commonly used on some ASUS motherboards released in that era, however it was also used by many other manufacturers, including:
+Although it was released in 2001, it was not widely used until 2003 with the release of the Intel 865x series of chipsets (codenamed "Springdale"). Despite this, it was a very popular BIOS solution at its peak and was used on many motherboards released between 2003 and 2011, making it a serious competitor to other solutions of that time, such as [[AwardBIOS v6.00PG]]. It was most commonly used on Intel chipset based ASUS motherboards released in that era, but was also used by many other manufacturers, including:
 * ASRock
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 * ECS Elitegroup/PC Chips
 * Foxconn
-* GIGABYTE (primarily on some server motherboards)
+* GIGABYTE (mainly on some server motherboards)
-* MSI (also known as Micro-Star International)
+* MSI (Micro-Star International)
 * Supermicro
 It was replaced in 2005 by [[AMI Aptio|Aptio]], a UEFI firmware developed by the same company. However, it was still widely used on most systems until 2011, when it was discontinued for Intel's 6-series chipsets for LGA1155 motherboards. The last chipsets with AMIBIOS 8 were the [https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/42703/intel-h55-express-chipset/specifications.html H55], [https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/42700/intel-h57-express-chipset/specifications.html H57] and [https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/42706/intel-q57-express-chipset/specifications.html Q57] for Intel processors and the [[wikipedia:AMD_900_chipset_series#AMD_970|AMD 970]] with the SB950 southbridge for AMD processors (the latter only on the [https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/maxsun-ms-a970-pro Maxsun MS-A970 Pro]). Most systems based on [[wikipedia:Vortex86|Vortex86 SoCs]], some of which were released after 2011, also use AMIBIOS 8.