A new AMI and KERNO Enterprise licensing agreement brings AMI’s platform firmware, manageability, and security stack into KERNO’s Dubai-based server manufacturing plans for Middle East deployments.

AI demand has driven data center buildout to a global scale with operators seeking the right mix of real estate, tech talent, and available power to fuel upcoming demand. This opens the door for new players to emerge to answer requirements on every path of the value chain. One hotbed of data center expansion is the middle east, and KERNO, a Dubai-based server manufacturer, is capturing that opportunity to build a business case for in-region server production built for the AI era.

From AMI’s perspective, that’s the backdrop for why we formalized a technology licensing agreement with KERNO Enterprise during a recent production tour of its upcoming manufacturing facility in Dubai Silicon Oasis. We know that firmware forms a foundation for heterogeneous system management at AI factory scale, and foundational partnerships help to ensure that AMI is playing a central role in re-architecting data center control for this next wave of deployment.

Middle East: A Hotbed of AI Innovation

As data centers proliferate across the globe driven by data proximity, data sovereignty, and power and talent presence, the UAE’s has seen an opportunity for economic growth. The KERNO facility and the surrounding industrial momentum speak to an ambition to strengthen sovereign IT infrastructure, broaden manufacturing capability, and attract high-value technology investment. That matters in a region where AI ambitions are a strategic augmentation to traditional industry. Saudi Arabia and the UAE have put gigawatt-class campuses on the table, with deep financial backing to turn these targets into operational data center capacity in the near future.

AI Era Data Center Control is Founded on Firmware

With this new AI data center buildout, the same foundational challenges to operating complex infrastructure at AI scale remain. Common oversight of heterogeneous infrastructure, hardware rooted platform trust, and attestation, and built in hooks for improved infrastructure automation are all table stakes for AI infrastructure deployment. AMI’s deep history with the world’s leading silicon vendors, systems suppliers, and data center operators put us in a fantastic position to drive the foundational technology required for this moment in firmware delivery as well as welcome new partners to leverage what has come before for new infrastructure deployments ahead.

What This Partnership Unlocks

Under the agreement, KERNO will manufacture servers built on licensed Aptio V and MegaRAC SPX technologies, with plans to implement firmware security through Tektagon to support next-generation silicon platforms. Those product names carry weight, but the bigger point is simple: proven AMI firmware, already deployed across millions of devices in the market, combined with enterprise manageability and platform‑rooted trust, delivers robust, AI‑ready platforms, accelerating time to market.

KERNO recently introduced ready-for-production enterprise server units and focuses on regional server assembly, hardware integration, and customized deployments for enterprise and data center clients across the Middle East. That combination makes the partnership immediately relevant to customers trying to stand up capacity without waiting on long global supply chains. We’re delighted for what’s next.

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As an acknowledged authority in embedded firmware for decades, AMI’s innovative solutions have revolutionized numerous industries. By integrating AMI technologies into Siemens’ solutions, this partnership aims to enable groundbreaking advancements in fields such as industrial automation and healthcare technologies. 

This partnership endures as a synthesis of Siemens’ unparalleled hardware engineering and AMI’s unrelenting commitment to creating adaptable, secure and efficient firmware solutions. Spanning across various industries such as automating factories, optimizing supply chains, or even enhancing healthcare solutions, this collaboration has helped accelerate the evolution of a more interconnected, automated, and digitized world.  

“AMI has always thrived by developing robust and adaptable firmware solutions that continually adapt to the dynamic needs of the world,” said Sanjoy Maity, AMI CEO. “Collaborating with Siemens, a name synonymous with industrial and healthcare innovation, gives us the opportunity to impact more sectors and reach larger audiences.” 

For Siemens, the benefits of this partnership are equally significant. “The expertise that AMI brings to the table has consistently enhanced our ability to constantly innovate, design, and implement the most advanced industrial computing platform” said Gautier Jehl. 

As these two leaders of their respective fields work together, this partnership has ushered both Siemens and AMI into new vistas of innovation and technological superiority – driving faster and more reliable digital transformations. The partnership represents both companies’ steadfast commitment to revolutionizing industry standards, promoting seamless connectivity, and delivering solutions beneficial to their customers by fostering operational efficiency and safety.   

Looking to the future, AMI and Siemens remain committed to strengthening their partnership and delivering even more innovative embedded solutions to meet the evolving needs of their global customer base. 

During SPS Expo in Nuremberg, please visit AMI in Booth 6-223 to learn more about this enduring partnership and the latest AMI innovations for industrial automation, edge computing and much more. 

About Siemens
Siemens AG is a German multinational conglomerate company and the largest industrial manufacturing company in Europe with branch offices abroad. Siemens is a pioneer in infrastructure and energy solutions, industrial automation, and medical diagnostics.  

About AMI 
AMI is Firmware Reimagined for modern computing. As a global leader in Dynamic Firmware for security, orchestration, and manageability solutions, AMI enables the world’s compute platforms from on-premises to the cloud to the edge. AMI’s industry-leading foundational technology and unwavering customer support have generated lasting partnerships and spurred innovation for some of the most prominent brands in the high-tech industry.   

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As part of this partnership, Aptio® V now includes native netboot support for Ubuntu, enabling users to boot directly into Ubuntu without requiring external boot media, USB devices, or the manual flashing of OS images. By simply selecting “Ubuntu Cloud Installation” from the UEFI boot menu, users can launch an automated, cloud‑based installation process that prepares their system with the latest Ubuntu release.

This new functionality significantly streamlines the provisioning and deployment of Ubuntu across enterprise servers, cloud platforms, development environments, and embedded systems. Whether organizations are building out large‑scale Ubuntu infrastructure or individual developers are configuring new machines, the improved workflow reduces setup time and minimizes manual intervention. For OEMs, ODMs, and enterprise IT teams, this integration helps accelerate production readiness and enhances overall platform compatibility with one of the world’s most widely used Linux distributions.

Our collaboration with Canonical underscores AMI’s mission to deliver flexible, future‑ready firmware solutions that align with the technologies developers and enterprises rely on every day. By embedding native Ubuntu boot options directly into Aptio® V, we are making it easier than ever for customers to adopt, test, and deploy modern Linux‑based workloads.

For more information about this collaboration—and for complete details on how the new Ubuntu netboot functionality works—please visit the Canonical website at https://canonical.com/blog/ubuntu-boot-in-uefi-announcement.

Ubuntu is a registered trademark of Canonical Ltd. Aptio is a registered trademark of AMI. 

About Canonical
Canonical, the publisher of Ubuntu Pro, provides open source security, support and services. Our portfolio covers critical systems, from the smallest devices to the largest clouds, from the kernel to containers, from databases to AI. With customers that include top tech brands, emerging startups, governments and home users, Canonical delivers trusted open source for everyone. Learn more at https://canonical.com/

About AMI
AMI is Firmware Reimagined for modern computing. As a global leader in Dynamic Firmware for security, orchestration, and manageability solutions, AMI enables the world’s compute platforms from on-premises to the cloud to the edge. AMI’s industry-leading foundational technology and unwavering customer support have generated lasting partnerships and spurred innovation for some of the most prominent brands in the high-tech industry.

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“As AI workloads push infrastructure toward more optimized silicon, out-of-band management and firmware are essential to scaling compute efficiently,” said Eddie Ramirez, Vice President of Go-to-market, Infrastructure Business, Arm. “Through our collaboration in the Arm Total Design ecosystem, AMI is helping accelerate the development of Neoverse CSS-based solutions with advanced firmware and management tools that simplify integration and reduce time to market.”

The SatMC solution included in AMI OnSil is a drop-in module for integrators needing to interpret telemetry data and optimize control over accelerators, NICs, DPUs, and CXLs via out-of-band BMC management.  Included in the solution are the necessary host control APIs, PLDM support through AMI MegaRAC OneTree™ or OpenBMC™ firmware, and an intuitive user interface driven by Redfish®.

“AMI’s advanced capabilities with AMI OnSil out-of-band management are a natural extension of AMI’s mission to simplify and accelerate development of custom silicon powered by Arm Neoverse CSS,” said Srivatsan Ramachandran, SVP of Strategic Partnerships at AMI. “AMI further accelerates these programs through the AMI Developer Program for Arm Total Design, lowering the barrier for ASIC developers and platform integrators using Arm Neoverse CSS by enabling faster, more cost-effective innovations from concept to commercialization.”

The SatMC solution from AMI is currently on display during the 2025 OCP Global Summit at the San Jose Convention Center at AMI Booth A21. Please visit our OCP Global Summit mini-site for details and contact us for more information.

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About AMI: AMI is Firmware Reimagined for modern computing. As a global leader in Dynamic Firmware for security, orchestration, and manageability solutions, AMI enables the world’s compute platforms from on-premises to the cloud to the edge. AMI’s industry-leading foundational technology and unwavering customer support have generated lasting partnerships and spurred innovation for some of the most prominent brands in the high-tech industry. 

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“By adopting AMI as an independent firmware vendor, the FUJITSU-MONAKA project will benefit from AMI’s decades of firmware leadership and innovation, as well as its key status as an Arm Total Design ecosystem member. This partnership will ensure that the firmware integration for this groundbreaking project achieves its essential goal of delivering high performance, sustainable hybrid AI and HPC computing infrastructure,” said Naoki Shinjo, Head of Advanced Technology Development Unit of Fujitsu.

Regarding the opportunity to provide firmware and development support for the FUJITSU-MONAKA platform, Srivatsan Ramachandran, AMI’s SVP of Strategic Partnerships commented that, “This is a wonderful opportunity for AMI to once again work with an industry leader in AI and HPC. Fujitsu is a trusted and highly valued partner of AMI, and we are excited to lend our 40 years of firmware experience to this exciting project. We see FUJITSU-MONAKA as a vital progression in the journey to datacenter sustainability, balancing power consumption with computing performance.”

Fujitsu is deeply committed to a greener future for everyone. In this spirit, the FUJITSU-MONAKA CPU is expected to achieve significantly greater performance than competing processors with exceptional power efficiency, while advancing security by Arm CCA and maintaining reliability. The vision for FUJITSU-MONAKA is to cleanly power the AI, HPC, and hybrid workloads of the most efficient data centers of the future. This system design will set a new high-water mark for data center hardware in terms of power efficiency and computational capability.

[1] FUJITSU-MONAKA:

This new technology applied to the FUJITSU-MONAKA is based on results obtained from a project subsidized by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO).

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Sanjoy Maity, CEO of AMI, stated that “Our goal with this new program is to ensure silicon designers get full access to necessary firmware technology and IP blocks that help them bring Arm-based custom silicon to life and fine tune their products very quickly, while still allowing them to remain within their project budget. By leveraging AMI firmware products, together with the benefits of Arm Total Design, we aim to help the ecosystem rapidly arrive at their point of commercialization.”

Srivatsan Ramachandran, SVP of Strategic Partnerships at AMI, noted “The AMI Developer Program for Arm Total Design brings together custom silicon designs, dynamic firmware, and advanced ecosystem partner technologies in a rapid and collaborative way to shift-left Arm-based custom silicon designs. Most importantly, the Developer Program will eliminate many of the roadblocks faced by a traditional commercial engagement, facilitating smoother and quicker entry into the design process.”

The AMI Developer Program for Arm Total Design features generous licensing terms for our Exclusive and Early Adopter Partners for AMI firmware solutions like OpenBMC™-based MegaRAC OneTree™ Manageability Firmware and Aptio® V UEFI Firmware, and much more.   Contact AMI or visit our website for more details on the complete terms and conditions of the Developer Program, the benefits of working with AMI, and to get started on your Arm Neoverse CSS-based chiplet design journey today.

Arm and Neoverse are registered trademarks and trademarks of Arm Limited (or its subsidiaries or affiliates) in the US and/or elsewhere. Aptio and MegaRAC are registered trademarks of AMI US Holdings, Inc. OpenBMC is a trademark of LF Projects, LLC. All other registered trademarks and trademarks are the property of their respective companies.

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In strategic partnership with Arm, AMI has worked hard to bolster its Aptio V UEFI boot firmware with advanced capabilities so customers can now leverage Arm’s Fixed Virtual Platform (FVP) silicon emulation tools to create Arm SystemReady-Certified, Day 1-optimized solutions that are fully designed, tested, and validated – all in a fraction of the time previously required.

The ATD chiplet subsystem architecture, supported by AMI’s powerful firmware solutions, is poised to revolutionize custom-designed silicon by bringing time-to-market down to a matter of months, rather than years, and empowering new players within the industry in ways never before possible.

AMI’s Unique Role in the Arm Total Design Ecosystem

As the first independent firmware vendor (IFV) included in the Arm Total Design ecosystem, AMI leverages its industry-leading silicon firmware solutions to ensure that mutual customers can maximize their performance while maintaining critical platform reliability, stability, and security. The modular framework provided by AMI for separating the compute and I/O subsystem provides a high degree of flexibility and agility for adopting these designs.

AMI’s delivery of pre-configured and pre-tested production quality modules for the reusable chiplets streamlines the time and resources required for this stage of development. Learn more about AMI’s unique participation in the ATD ecosystem here.

About Arm Total Design

To satisfy the rapidly growing demand for high performance computing that meets the needs of AI, cloud, edge and beyond, Arm has developed a new framework to rapidly deliver custom silicon based on the Neoverse Compute Subsystems (CSS) architecture. Arm Total Design brings together an ecosystem of industry leaders all collaborating to accelerate and simplify platform development for faster time to market. Learn more at the Arm website.

Arm® and Neoverse™ are registered trademarks and/or trademarks of Arm Limited (or its subsidiaries) in the US and/or elsewhere. Aptio®, MegaRAC®, and Tektagon™ are registered trademarks and/or trademarks of AMI US Holdings, Inc.

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Since 2005, AMI and congatec have worked closely together to deliver innovative embedded computing solutions to customers worldwide. This long-standing collaboration has driven both companies to develop advanced technologies and provide exceptional support to their shared customer base – even for the most sophisticated technical challenges for embedded systems.

“We are thrilled to celebrate 20 years of successful partnership with congatec,” said Sanjoy Maity, CEO of AMI. “Our companies have collaborated extensively to push the boundaries of embedded computing over the past two decades – so it is very fitting that we mark this occasion here at the opening of Embedded World 2025.”

“From the very beginning, AMI has been a trusted and invaluable partner in congatec’s journey toward market excellence. Their deep expertise in BIOS and firmware solutions has been instrumental in enabling us to deliver the highest standards of performance, reliability, and security with our COMs. We look forward to continuing our collaboration for decades to come, driving innovation in embedded and edge computing,” said Dr. Dominik Ressing, CEO of congatec.

Imran Ahmad, AMI Chief Sales Officer, added that “As a party to the signing of our original agreement with congatec, I have witnessed what our two companies have achieved together with great pride. This 20-year milestone between AMI and congatec is a testament to our shared commitment to innovation, quality, and customer satisfaction. We look forward to many more years of fruitful collaboration together as we continue to drive progress in the embedded computing industry.”

“AMI has been an extremely reliable partner for congatec for the past 20 years,” said Christian Riesinger, Founding Member and Senior FAE of congatec. “As our very first technology partner, AMI has been with us every step of the way. In fact, we signed our original agreement with AMI while congatec was still a start-up! But AMI treated us as a valued partner from the beginning, quickly earning our trust through their expertise and high-quality implementation. We have always been satisfied with the high level of technical support AMI has provided to us. Together, we have empowered innovation with secure, high-performance embedded building blocks, so our customers can promptly seize opportunities and establish themselves as industry frontrunners.”

The 20-year partnership between AMI and congatec has resulted in the development of numerous successful embedded computing products and solutions. By combining AMI’s expertise in UEFI firmware and remote management technologies with congatec’s leadership in standardized and customized embedded computer boards and modules, the two companies continue to deliver comprehensive, high-performance embedded computing platforms to our customers.

Looking to the future, AMI and congatec remain committed to strengthening their partnership and delivering even more innovative embedded solutions to meet the evolving needs of their global customer base.

About congatec

congatec is a leading global provider of high-performance hardware and software building blocks for embedded and edge computing solutions based on Computer-on-Modules (COMs). These advanced computer modules drive systems and devices across industries such as industrial automation, medical technology, robotics, telecommunications, and more. congatec’s high-performance aReady. ecosystems simplify and accelerate the solution development, from COM to cloud. This application-ready approach combines COMs with services and customizable technologies that enable cutting-edge advancements in system consolidation, IoT, security, and artificial intelligence. Supported by its majority shareholder, DBAG Fund VIII – a German mid-market fund focused on driving growth for industrial enterprises – congatec has the financial backing and M&A expertise to capitalize on expanding market opportunities. For more information, visit www.congatec.com or follow us on LinkedIn and YouTube.

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The growth of the Arm Total Design ecosystem represents a greater need in the industry for faster time to market, lower costs and frictionless delivery of custom SoCs. As part of the Arm Total Design ecosystem, AMI is committed to providing firmware solutions that help bring Arm-based custom silicon solutions to market faster than ever before. By leveraging the latest Neoverse™ CSS innovations from Arm, paired with AMI’s deep system knowledge and firmware expertise, developers can reach new levels of performance and efficiency, while also ensuring a seamless out-of-the-box software integration experience.

As the first independent firmware vendor (IFV) included in the Arm Total Design ecosystem, AMI leverages its industry-leading silicon firmware solutions to ensure that mutual customers can maximize their performance while maintaining critical platform reliability, stability, and security. The modular framework provided by AMI for separating the compute and I/O subsystem provides a high degree of flexibility and agility for adopting these designs. AMI’s delivery of the pre-configured and pre-tested production quality modules for the reusable chiplets streamlines the time and resources required for this stage of development.

In addition to participating in Arm Total Design, AMI is also contributing its silicon firmware expertise to Arm’s CSA. The CSA outlines how to define and connect chiplets, mitigating the risk of fragmentation. New chiplet designs can be created with the confidence that they can be adapted and reused in CSA-compliant systems.

“Arm Total Design has grown into an important ecosystem enabling the entire industry to innovate around Arm Neoverse CSS and build optimized silicon for specific use cases including AI, cloud, networking and the edge,” said Eddie Ramirez, vice president of go-to-market, Infrastructure Line of Business, Arm. “AMI brings unique expertise in firmware solutions to both the Arm Total Design ecosystem and as a contributor to CSA, making them a critical part of our customers’ success story.”

Srivatsan Ramachandran, SVP of Global Strategic Alliances and Ecosystem Development at AMI, remarked, “We are proud to be part of the Arm Total Design ecosystem, collaborating with leading companies across a wide range of industries and applications. Our involvement in this ecosystem highlights our commitment to supporting the success of our partners and clients as they adopt Arm’s groundbreaking Neoverse CSS and Chiplet System Architecture.”

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