AMD, Steinberg Collaborate to Optimize Entire Line of Software For AMD Athlon Processor.Business Editors & High Tech Writers SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 16, 2001 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. Athlon Processor-Based Workstations Provide Excellent Performance for Audio and Other Processor-Intensive Applications AMD (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AMD) today announced an alliance with Steinberg Media Technologies AG to fully optimize Steinberg's complete range of professional audio software for the AMD Athlon(TM) processor. Cubase VST VST VLT (Very Large Telescope) Survey Telescope VST Vietnam Standard Time (Gmt+0700) VST Virtual Studio Technology (Midiware music production technology) 5.0 R5, released in June, is the first Steinberg product that takes advantage of the AMD Athlon processor optimization. Other Steinberg products optimized for the AMD Athlon processor are planned to be available later in the year. This joint effort will help ensure that the complete line of Steinberg professional audio software runs smoothly and reliably on AMD Athlon processor-based computers. "Software for professional music production is extremely power hungry. To offer our customers--among them world-famous composers like Hans Zimmer and Moby--a fast and reliable working environment, we closely cooperate with our most important infrastructure partners, such as AMD," said Karl Steinberg, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Research and Development at Steinberg Media Technologies AG. "These strategic alliances are the key for developing sophisticated audio tools and powerful software for music production." "Steinberg is well known for delivering sophisticated and successful software tools for professional musicians," said Richard Heye, vice president of Platform Engineering & Infrastructure for AMD's Computation Products Group. "Steinberg's software and the high-performance AMD Athlon processor offer a stable, reliable and ultimately fast platform that audio professionals demand. The collaboration between Steinberg and AMD is both natural and beneficial, and provides the two companies with a solution that enables audio enthusiasts to be both creative and efficient." The AMD Athlon processor optimization is only the first step in the alliance between German-based Steinberg Media Technologies AG and AMD. The two companies also plan to collaborate on sales and marketing plans. About the AMD Athlon(TM) Processor The AMD Athlon processor is an x86-compatible, seventh-generation design featuring a superpipelined, nine-issue superscalar A CPU architecture that allows more than one instruction to be executed in one clock cycle. See pipeline processing. (architecture) superscalar - A superscalar architecture is a uniprocessor that can execute two or more scalar operations in parallel. microarchitecture optimized for high clock frequency; the industry's first fully pipelined, superscalar floating point unit for x86 platforms; high-performance cache architecture, now featuring 384KB of total on-chip cache (256KB of on-chip level level two (L2) cache and 128KB of on-chip level one (L1) cache); enhanced 3DNow!(TM) technology with 24 additional instructions A charge given to a jury by a judge after the original instructions to explain the law and guide the jury in its decision making. Additional instructions are frequently needed after the jury has begun deliberations and finds that it has a question concerning the evidence, a designed to improve integer math calculations, data movement for Internet streaming, and DSP (1) (Digital Signal Processor) A special-purpose CPU used for digital signal processing applications (see definition #2 below). It provides ultra-fast instruction sequences, such as shift and add, and multiply and add, which are commonly used in math-intensive communications. The AMD Athlon processor features either a 266MHz (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. Front Side Bus (FSB (FrontSide Bus) See system bus. FSB - front side bus ) or a 200MHz FSB based on the Alpha(TM) EV6 bus protocol. AMD Athlon processors are manufactured using AMD's 0.18-micron process technology in Fab 25 in Austin, Texas and AMD's 0.18 micron technology Micron Technology ("Micron") NYSE: MU is a multinational company based in Boise, Idaho, USA, best known for producing many forms of semiconductor devices. This includes DRAM, SDRAM, flash memory, and CMOS image sensing chips. in Fab 30 in Dresden, Germany. About AMD AMD is a global supplier of integrated circuits Integrated circuits Miniature electronic circuits produced within and upon a single semiconductor crystal, usually silicon. Integrated circuits range in complexity from simple logic circuits and amplifiers, about 1/20 in. (1. for the personal and networked computer and communications markets with manufacturing facilities in the United States, Europe, Japan, and Asia. AMD, a Fortune 500 and Standard & Poor's 500 company, produces microprocessors, flash memory devices, and support circuitry for communications and networking applications. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), independent agency of the U.S. government, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1970 to reduce and control air and water pollution, noise pollution, and radiation and to ensure the safe handling and and the U.S. Department of Energy awarded AMD an ENERGY STAR(R) Certificate of Recognition for its energy-efficient processors, including the AMD Athlon processor. These processors help manufacturers meet stringent ENERGY STAR specifications for a variety of appliances, equipment and other products. Products with the ENERGY STAR label are designed to use less energy, save money and help protect the environment. Founded in 1969 and based in Sunnyvale, California, AMD had revenues of $4.6 billion in 2000. (NYSE: AMD). Visit AMD on the Web For more AMD news and product information, please visit our virtual pressroom at www.amd.com/news/virtualpress/index.html. 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