ALi Announces Latest Aladdin Family Entry New Core Logic Chip Set for Pentium/M1/K5; Provides familiar architecture, more features and lower cost.SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 4, 1995--Acer Laboratories Inc. (ALi) today introduced its newest Aladdin core logic chip set for Pentium-class personal computers. This chip set - the M1511/M1513/M1512 - provides high-performance along with the highest level of integrated functions, allowing design of significantly cost-reduced, high-performance system boards. The new Aladdin chip set supports the Intel Pentium family up to 150 MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. , as well as all future higher speed Pentium versions; the AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, www.amd.com) A major manufacturer of semiconductor devices including x86-compatible CPUs, embedded processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and networking chips. K5; and the Cyrix M1 including linear mode addressing support. This new chip set in ALi's Aladdin Family includes the M1511 Memory, Cache, Buffer controller, the M1513 SIO SIO Scripps Institution of Oceanography SIO Studentsamskipnaden i Oslo SIO Serial Input/Output SIO Social Investment Organization (Canada) SIO Senior Intelligence Officer SIO Service Information Octet (SS7) Controller and two M1512 data buffers. The chip set provides cache flexibility supporting Pipelined Burst, Burst and Standard SRAMs; up to 1MB cache. High performance EDO DRAM or DRAM can be used up to 768MB in six banks. Bus Mastered IDE and a Keyboard Controller are integrated, reducing parts count on the system board. APIC (Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller) A circuit that handles the priority of interrupts in a computer. Designed to support symmetric multiprocessing (SMP), the APIC handles more interrupts and is more flexible than the programmable interrupt controller is also integrated to allow for dual-Pentium system design, and plug & play features are included for multimedia platforms. "The Aladdin chip set family is targeted at the mainstream PC market which is driven by high performance and cost," said Dr. S Dr. Doctor. dr. dram. . J. Lee, ALi Vice President of Technology. "This second generation Aladdin provides the additional integrated functions and higher performance levels which together help system manufacturers meet the performance and the required cost levels to compete profitably in the increasingly competitive Pentium system market." Pricing and Availability All devices are manufactured in a 0.6-micron CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) Pronounced "c-moss." The most widely used integrated circuit design. It is found in almost every electronic product from handheld devices to mainframes. process. The M1511 and 1513 are packaged in 208-pin PQFPs and the M1512s are packaged in 100-pin PQFPs. The chip set will be sampling in April and is priced at $22.00 in volume quantities. About ALi ALi (Acer Laboratories, Inc.), founded in 1987, is a member company of the Acer Group and is headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan. Since its establishment, ALi has provided highly integrated, cost-effective and innovative IC products to support personal computer system and subsystem manufacturers. ALi is not only one of the world's oldest and largest system core logic manufacturers, but is also a world-class provider of other PC peripheral products, such as super I/O and graphics. With more than 80 design engineers, most with advance degree's, ALi is capable of developing a wide range of products to support a variety of CPUs, including the X86 families up through 64-bit CPUs such as the Pentium, M1, K5 and RISC processors such as the R4000/4600, as well as the industry standard buses including VESA (Video Electronics Standards Association, Milpitas, CA, www.vesa.org) A membership organization founded in 1989 that sets interface standards for the PC, workstation and computing environments. Note the following VESA standards following this entry. Local (VL), PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). , and ISA (1) (Instruction Set Architecture) See instruction set. (2) (Interactive Services Association) See Internet Alliance. (3) (Internet Security and Acceleration) See .NET. . The company employs 160 people and had revenues of $70 million in 1994. ALi supports its products in the North American Market through its advance engineering center in San Jose, Calif., and markets and sells its products through Pacific Technology Group, headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif. Direct Product Inquiries to: Nancy Hartsoch Pacific Technology Group 4701 Patrick Henry Drive, Bldg. 2101 Santa Clara, CA 95054 Phone: 408/764-0644 Fax: 408/496-6142 CONTACT: Acer Laboratories Dr. S.J. Lee, 408/433-4950 slee7@smptlink.acer.com Franson, Hagerty & Associates Susan Cain, 415/462-1605 susancain@aol.com |
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