AMD Adds Muscle to the Corporate Backbone with Gigabit Ethernet; Leading Local Area Network, LAN, IC Supplier Adds Gigabit Products to Portfolio.SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 22, 1997--AMD today announced the availability of GigaPHY-SD, a Gigabit Ethernet An Ethernet standard that transmits at 1 Gbps. Used mostly to connect high-end workstations and servers as well as for network backbones, Gigabit Ethernet transmits full duplex from point to point using switches and half duplex in a shared environment (CSMA/CD) using a hub. physical layer device. AMD's GigaPHY-SD chip enables manufacturers to provide high-performance Gigabit Ethernet solutions that transmit data at speeds 10 or 100 times greater than existing Ethernet connections. The GigaPHY-SD chip complies fully with the IEEE 802.3z (networking, standard) IEEE 802.3z - The IEEE committee working on standards for Gigabit Ethernet. draft standard for Gigabit Ethernet. "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. believes that Gigabit Ethernet technology is the optimum solution to enable businesses to scale their networks, while maximizing their current investments in Ethernet infrastructures and expertise," said Laila Razouk, vice president of AMD's network products division. "The GigaPHY-SD chip is proof of our ongoing commitment to deliver a broad range of high-performance, quality solutions that are price-competitive and backed by solid product support and customer service." Gigabit Ethernet is an extension to 10- and 100-Megabit-per- second Ethernet technology, which connects more than 80 percent of today's networked desktops. Because of its compatibility with existing Ethernet infrastructures, Gigabit Ethernet has emerged as a dominant technology to take Fast Ethernet An earlier name for 100Mbps Ethernet. See 100Base-T. (networking) Fast Ethernet - A version of Ethernet developed in the 1990s(?) which can carry 100 Mbps compared with standard Ethernet's 10 Mbps. It requires upgraded network cards and hubs. to the next echelon of high-performance networking. "The insatiable demand for high-bandwidth solutions fueled by the widespread use of the Internet and corporate Intranets, is forcing companies to migrate to higher-performance technologies such as Gigabit Ethernet," said Greg Sheppard, chief analyst of Dataquest's semiconductor group. "The physical layer solutions like GigaPHY-SD chip are essential components of Gigabit Ethernet equipment, which enable corporate networks to efficiently transport complex data such as voice, graphics, video and multi-media applications, that are crucial to global business and communications." The GigaPHY-SD chip is based upon technology developed by Vitesse and AMD. AMD developed the TAXI chip (Transparent Asynchronous Refers to events that are not synchronized, or coordinated, in time. The following are considered asynchronous operations. The interval between transmitting A and B is not the same as between B and C. The ability to initiate a transmission at either end. Xmitter - Receiver Interface), which acts as a high-speed serial link between two high-performance parallel buses. Vitesse advanced the TAXI chip to operate at Gigabit speeds. The GigaPHY-SD chip can be deployed in backbone interconnect options for Ethernet switches, in switch or repeater uplinks and in connections between high-performance servers. The device operates between a network cable and a Gigabit Ethernet Media Access Controller (MAC). The GigaPHY-SD chip interfaces with fiber optic transceivers or directly drives co-axial copper twinax cabling. It provides serialization se·ri·al·ize tr.v. se·ri·al·ized, se·ri·al·iz·ing, se·ri·al·iz·es To write or publish in serial form. se of transmit data and deserialization of receive data at 1.25 Gbps to provide a raw data rate of 1.0 Gbps. AMD is an active member of the Gigabit Ethernet Alliance, a group of more than 60 leading semiconductor companies and network suppliers created to educate and promote the widespread adoption of Gigabit Ethernet. Availability/Pricing The GigaPHY-SD (Am79761) device will be available in small quantities in October 1997 priced at $23.50 in 1,000 unit volumes. 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. AMD produces processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices See PLD. , and products for communications and networking applications. Founded in 1969 and based in Sunnyvale, California Sunnyvale ([sʌniveil]) is a city in Santa Clara County, California, United States. It is one of the major cities that make up the Silicon Valley. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 131,760. , AMD had revenues of $2 billion in 1996.(NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AMD). WORLD WIDE WEB: 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. Readers may obtain additional information by calling 1 (800) 222-9323 or (408) 749-5703. -0- Note to Editors: TAXI and GigaPHY are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. AMD, the AMD logo and combinations thereof are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Other product names used in this publication are for identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective companies. CONTACT: AMD Sandra Wheatley, 408/749-3811 sandra.wheatley@amd.com |
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