AMD's microcontroller to be used in Westinghouse satellite cellular mobile telephone.AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 17, 1995--Advanced Micro Devices today announced that Westinghouse Electric Corp.'s Communications Division will use the Am29200 microcontroller to help power the Westinghouse Series 1000 Mobile Satellite Telephone System. This mobile phone will enable users access to virtually uninterrupted voice, fax and data communications data communications, application of telecommunications technology to the problem of transmitting data, especially to, from, or between computers. In popular usage, it is said that data communications make it possible for one computer to "talk" with another. services throughout all of North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. %even when travelling out of cellular range%via a communications satellite communications satellite artificial satellite that functions as part of a global radio-communications network. Echo 1, the first communications satellite, launched in 1960, was an instrumented inflatable sphere that passively reflected radio signals back to . The Am29200 microcontroller provided Westinghouse designers with a simple, cost-effective hardware design solution for use in the Westinghouse Series 1000 phone. The Am29200 microcontroller features a highly integrated set of peripherals, and is binary- compatible with the entire 29K Family of microcontrollers and microprocessors for easy performance upgrades. "The Am29200 microcontroller, with its high integration and RISC RISC in full Reduced Instruction Set Computing Computer architecture that uses a limited number of instructions. RISC became popular in microprocessors in the 1980s. architecture, enables us to bring a new standard in performance to the mobile satellite telephone markets," said Gene Noble, manager of the Westinghouse Series 1000 Mobile Satellite Telephone System business. "The 29K Family's fine reputation in the marketplace and AMD's outstanding customer support were also key factors in our selection of the Am29200 Microcontroller." "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. sees mobile communications as a growth segment that will increasingly require the power of RISC in the future," said Dave Chavoustie, vice president of AMD's Embedded Processor A CPU chip used in a system other than a general purpose workstation, desktop or laptop computer. Such chips are used by the billions every year in a myriad of products. See embedded system. Division. "With its Series 1000 Mobile Satellite Telephone System, Westinghouse is establishing the future standard in mobile satellite phone technology." The Westinghouse design also incorporates AMD's 5 Volt-only Flash memory, enabling designers to connect gluelessly to microprocessors or microcontrollers for simple, less costly designs. The 29K Family includes 12 versions of binary-compatible 32- bit microprocessors and microcontrollers. The family is the basis for a wide range of embedded and distributed processing designs for products ranging from laser printers to aircraft flight controller systems. Tapping more than a quarter-century in advanced technology and satellite communications, Westinghouse Electric Corp.'s Communications Division is a leading provider of communications ground networks and end-user terminals for mobile satellite services around the world. The company is currently building the communications ground networks that interface with the geostationary Aligned with the earth. Refers to satellites (GEOs) that travel at the same rotational speed as the earth (they are geosynchronous) and are always the same distance from the earth. See GEO. communications satellites for American Mobile Satellite Corp.'s SKYCELL, and TMI TMI Too Much Information TMI Three Mile Island TMI TRMM Microwave Imager TMI Transactions on Medical Imaging TMI Texas Military Institute TMI Teen Missions International TMI Tauber Manufacturing Institute Communications, Inc's MSAT MSAT Mobile Satellite MSAT Microsoft Security Assessment Tool MSAT Mobile Source Air Toxics MSAT Medical School Admissions Test MSAT Multiple Subjects Assessment for Teachers MSAT Marin School of Arts and Technology MSAT Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education services. The Westinghouse Series 1000 Mobile Satellite Telephone Systems will be provided for use with AMSC's SKYCELL and TMI's MSAT services in North America, as well as Optus Pty, Ltd.'s Mobile Service in Australia. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., is the fourth-largest U.S. merchant-supplier of integrated circuits. Focusing on the personal and networked computing and communications markets, AMD produces microprocessors and related peripherals, memories, programmable logic devices, and circuits for telecommunications and networking applications. AMD has sales offices worldwide and manufacturing facilities in Sunnyvale, Calif.; Austin, Texas; Bangkok, Thailand; Penang, Malaysia; Singapore; Basingstoke, England; and Aizu-Wakamatsu, Japan. -0- Note to Editors: Press announcements and other information about AMD are available on the Internet via the World Wide Web. Type http://www.amd.com at the URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. prompt. Sales information may be obtained by calling 800/222-9323 or 408/749-5703. Please do NOT use editor contact or corporate telephone numbers for sales information. 29K and Am29200 are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Product names used in this publication are for identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective companies. CONTACT: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. John Wilkinson, 512/602-2292 |
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