AMI (American Megatrends Inc.) is a company that produces the Aptio BIOS/UEFI firmware used by many different motherboard manufacturers (like ASUS, MSI, Gigabyte, and OEMs like Dell or HP). Because AMI Aptio is software, it does not strictly have a manufacturing year like a hardware component does, though the "2006" you see likely refers to the copyright date of the firmware code or the manufacturing date of the computer itself. Product Key Generator For Microsoft Office 2016 Apr 2026