BUDAPEST, Hungary - October 06, 2010 - FinalWire Ltd. today announced the immediate availability of AIDA64 Extreme Edition 1.00 software, a streamlined diagnostic and benchmarking tool for home users; and the immediate availability of AIDA64 Business Edition 1.00 software, an essential network management solution for small and medium scale enterprises.

As a descendant of the award-winning AIDA16 and AIDA32 software, and the successor to the widely popular diagnostic utility Lavalys EVEREST, the brand new AIDA64 version leaps forward into the next decade by introducing a collection of 64-bit processor and memory benchmarks, an enhanced 64-bit system stress test module, and a further expanded hardware database.

"After the splitting up of Lavalys, we at FinalWire are happy to continue our efforts of delivering a dependable monitoring software to our faithful users" said Tamas Miklos, managing director of FinalWire. "Since the introduction of our first diagnostic utility ASMDEMO in 1995, we have built a passionate community of hobby users, hardware enthusiasts, and professional overclockers. Using the valuable feedback we have collected from them in the past few years, we have created a software for the new decade of 64-bit multi-core systems."

New and enhanced benchmarks
Besides introducing 64-bit variants of its proven memory and processor benchmark methods, AIDA64 implements an optimized ZLib data compression benchmark and an enhanced set of fractal computational floating-point benchmarks. It also adds a new CPU benchmark method to determine cryptographic hash value calculation performance. All AIDA64 processor benchmarks are now fully ported to 64-bit, scale up to 32 processor cores, and utilize MMX, 3DNow! and SSE instructions to unlock the full potential of modern multi-core Intel and AMD processors.

Solid-state drive support
AIDA64 further extends its exhaustive hardware database by adding 300 solid-state drives (SSD), making the database count over 115,000 entries total. On top of the usual ATA auto-detect information the new SSD database enables AIDA64 to display flash memory type, controller model, physical dimensions, and data transfer performance data. The new AIDA64 version also implements SSD-specific SMART disk health information for Indilinx, Intel, JMicron, Samsung, and SandForce controllers.

Improved stress testing, alerting and hardware monitoring features
The popular System Stability Test module is now ported to 64-bit to put the most demanding workload on both the system memory and all available CPU cores. Overheating, over-voltage, and cooling fan alerts are now fine-tunable with alert sound and emergency application launch. The real-time hardware monitoring module was further improved by adding Intel QST 2.0, Koolance TMS-200, and DIMM thermal sensor device support.

Lavalys never purchased or "inherited" AIDA32. There used to be a commercial rights agreement between Lavalys and me (the "individual") that has been terminated and cancelled on October 01, 2010. The intellectual property rights related to AIDA32 and EVEREST has always been, and still is mine. In fact, that's what the quite peculiar Hungarian IP law dictates, so if anyone's interested, you can look it up

Actually, it's not FinalWire or myself, but Lavalys that may be in a position of violating my intellectual property rights. My lawyers will analyse the situation and they will advise me about the next steps to take.

We'll see how that turns out, but one thing is sure: you will see AIDA64 to evolve, and time will tell what happens to Lavalys and EVEREST.

BUDAPEST, Hungary - November 11, 2010 - FinalWire Ltd. today announced the immediate availability of AIDA64 Extreme Edition 1.20 software, a streamlined diagnostic and benchmarking tool for home users; and the immediate availability of AIDA64 Business Edition 1.20 software, an essential network management solution for small and medium scale enterprises.

The new release brings a fresh look with Windows 7 style icons, introduces a few improvements about modern Intel and AMD processors, and supports the latest AMD and nVIDIA graphics processors.

New features & improvements

Preliminary support for Intel Sandy Bridge processors
GPU details for AMD Radeon HD 68xx and nVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
Support for USB 3.0 controllers and devices
Windows 7 style icons

Major bug fixes

Control Panel applet issues under Windows Vista & Windows 7
Memory Write benchmark on Intel Dunnington, Gulftown, Westmere
L3 cache bandwidth measurement on Intel Core i3/i5/i7
Installer package elevation issues under Windows 7

Website enhancements

AIDA64 Extreme Edition quickly became an indispensable utility for hardware reviewers all around the world. On the new AIDA64 Testimonials page professionals from Hungary, Russia, UK, and USA explain how AIDA64 helps their everyday job while analyzing and benchmarking various PC hardware components.

Licensing changes

Following the requests coming from early AIDA64 adopters, FinalWire today extended the limitation of AIDA64 Extreme Edition license usage. From now on, a single AIDA64 Extreme Edition personal license can be used by a single person, on up to 3 computers. With a single license it is now possible to run AIDA64 Extreme Edition e.g. on a desktop computer, on a notebook, and on a netbook as well.

In the AIDA64 Online Store now AIDA64 is available with 2 or 3 years support & maintenance period. With the extended maintenance period FinalWire customers are entitled to receive technical support and free AIDA64 updates for 2 or 3 times longer than what the regular license permits, while enjoying a substantial discount.

Pricing and Availability

AIDA64 Extreme Edition and AIDA64 Business Edition are available now at www.aida64.com/online-store. Additional information on product features, system requirements, and language versions is available at www.aida64.com/products. Join our Discussion Forum at forums.aida64.com.
About FinalWire

FinalWire is the global leader in the development of diagnostic and network management software products for Windows based computers. For more information, visit www.aida64.com.