Award Software


Award Software International Inc. was a BIOS manufacturer founded in 1983, by Rene Vishney and Bob Stillman in San Jose, California. In 1984 the company moved its international headquarters to Los Gatos, California, United States.

History

In 1988, Bob Stillmen left the company. The company was privately held by Rene Vishney and his wife Deborah Lee Vishney.
In 1995, it was sold to Chinese company GCH Systems Ltd..
On, Award Software International Inc. announced its initial public offering.
On, Award Software International Inc. announced the acquisition of BIOS upgrades provider Unicore Software, Inc. making it a subsidiary of Award.
On, Phoenix Technologies Ltd. and Award Software International Inc. announced the completion of a definitive merger agreement, where Phoenix Technologies Ltd. would become the surviving corporate entity following the merger completion on. The merger was completed on.

After merger

After the Phoenix-Award merger, later revisions of Award BIOS still attribute copyright to Award Software Inc instead of Phoenix Technologies Ltd., including the UEFI firmware.

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