diff --git a/doc/get_platforms.inc b/doc/get_platforms.inc
index c80bb98bab..e67735b9d5 100644
--- a/doc/get_platforms.inc
+++ b/doc/get_platforms.inc
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ function friendly_name($p) {
     }
     if (strlen($pc)) {
         if (strstr($pc, 'cuda')) $q .= " (NVIDIA GPU)";
-        else if (strstr($pc, 'ati')) $q .= " (ATI GPU)";
+        else if (strstr($pc, 'ati')) $q .= " (AMD/ATI GPU)";
         else if (strstr($pc, 'mt')) $q .= " (multicore)";
     }
     return $q;
diff --git a/html/inc/db_conn.inc b/html/inc/db_conn.inc
index 930b58b974..ab00049693 100644
--- a/html/inc/db_conn.inc
+++ b/html/inc/db_conn.inc
@@ -152,6 +152,14 @@ class DbConn {
         if ($cnt) return (double)$cnt->total;
         return null;
     }
+    function max($table, $field, $clause="") {
+        $query = "select max($field) as total from ".$this->db_name.".$table $clause";
+        $result = $this->do_query($query);
+        $cnt = mysql_fetch_object($result);
+        mysql_free_result($result);
+        if ($cnt) return (double)$cnt->total;
+        return null;
+    }
     function replace($table, $clause) {
         $query = "replace into ".$this->db_name.".$table set $clause";
         return $this->do_query($query);