AMD Athlon Processor Captures Triple Crown; Award-Winning Year Capped with Second Consecutive Maximum PC 'CPU of the Year' Award.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 13, 2000 Capping off an award-filled year, the much decorated 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(TM) processor was awarded the Maximum PC magazine "CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. of the Year Award" for 2001. It is the second consecutive year the AMD Athlon processor has won this influential award. Maximum PC announced the honors on Friday. The award rounds out a "triple crown" of computing magazine accolades awarded in the last calendar year. The AMD Athlon processor won the prestigious PC World Product of the Year award in June, and took home the PC Magazine Technical Excellence prize for Best Component in Hardware Category last November at Comdex. The three publications have a combined circulation approaching 3 million readers. Maximum PC announces its awards annually in the December issue and posts the winners' names online. "In the CPU category, competition is small in number, but high in intensity," said Maximum PC Editor-in-Chief Jon Phillips. "It was difficult to choose. But in the end, the AMD Athlon processor got the nod because of its frequency headroom. AMD is essentially being recognized for launching a deep-pipelined core earlier than Intel. Where the (AMD) Athlon continued to scale, the Pentium(R) III hit a clock ceiling, and this became especially apparent and pertinent in the last months of 2000." "AMD is honored to have been presented with this Maximum PC award for the second year in a row," said David Somo, vice president of marketing for AMD's Computation Products Group. "The AMD Athlon processor has a proven track record of industry acclaim and market acceptance. This award is an extraordinary testament to the processor and to the engineering design team." To select this year's winners, Maximum PC technology editors judged the nominees on several criteria, including benchmark performance, originality and vision of design. The AMD Athlon processor beat out competitors that included the Intel Pentium III The successor to the Pentium II from Intel. Introduced in the spring of 1999 at 500 MHz, the Pentium III architecture was similar to the Pentium II with the addition of 70 new instructions optimized for multimedia (see SSE). "Coppermine" processor and the Transmeta Crusoe processor An x86-based CPU chip from Transmeta that is designed for Internet appliances and other handheld devices that require batteries. It consumes significantly less power than mobile x86 chips from Intel, AMD and others because it places more of the processing burden on the software. . In the December 2000 issue, the editors write, "The year 2000 belonged to AMD -- it beat Intel to the 1GHz mark, then rubbed dirt in Intel's face by producing faster processors in such high volume, people could actually find and buy them. But topper Topper house he purchases is haunted by the young couple who owned it previously and their dog. [Am. Lit., Cin., TV: Topper in Halliwell, 718] See : Ghost Topper Hopalong Cassidy’s faithful horse. is the (AMD) Athlon with 'performance enhancing cache...' With full-speed cache and a core architecture that can scale to ever-faster frequencies, it's clear why the (AMD) Athlon is our CPU of the Year." Since the AMD Athlon processor first earned the magazine's award for CPU of the Year in December 1999, AMD has increased the processor's frequency to an astounding a·stound tr.v. a·stound·ed, a·stound·ing, a·stounds To astonish and bewilder. See Synonyms at surprise. [From Middle English astoned, past participle of astonen, 1.2GHz, integrated 256KB of Level 2 cache See L2 cache. level 2 cache - secondary cache to the processor, and stepped up its front side bus speed to 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. to support the highest-grade of the next-generation Double Data Rate SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) A type of dynamic RAM (DRAM) memory chip that has been widely used since the late 1990s. SDRAM chips eliminated wait states by dividing the chip into two cell blocks and interleaving data between them. memory. In June, AMD also began shipping copper-based AMD Athlon processors from Fab 30 in Dresden, Germany. The AMD Athlon processor also received a nod this week when micronpc.com's Millennia(R) MAX XP system won a PC Magazine Editor's Choice award. The desktop system features a 1.2GHz AMD Athlon processor and the AMD-760(TM) chipset supporting DDR SDRAM See DDR. memory. AMD Athlon(TM) Processor Awards Around the World The AMD Athlon processor and AMD Athlon processor-based systems have received more than 65 awards worldwide. The following is a listing of the AMD Athlon processor and AMD Athlon processor-based system awards: AMD Athlon Processor Awards United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. 1. CPU of the Year, Maximum PC, December 2000 2. World Class Award -- Product of the Year, PC World, July 2000 3. Analyst's Choice Award -- Best PC Processor, Microprocessor Report, January 2000 4. Technical Excellence -- Best Component (Hardware Category), PC Magazine, November 1999 5. Wired for 3D Editors' Choice, 3D Magazine, January 2000 6. Best Product of 1999 (Hardware), Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. Systems, January 2000 7. All-Star Award, Cadalyst, December 1999 8. CPU of the Year, Maximum PC, December 1999 9. Attaboy at·ta·boy interj. Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy or man: Attaboy! That's the way to hit a home run! [Alteration of That's the boy!.] Award -- Product of the Year, Houston Chronicle, December 1999 10. Peak Performer Award -- Best Product (Hardware), System Builder  This article's grammar usage needs improvement. Please edit this article in accordance with Wikipedia's . Summit, Palm Desert, California Palm Desert is a city in Riverside County, California, in the Coachella Valley (Palm Springs area), approximately 11 miles east of Palm Springs. The population was 41,155 at the 2000 census. , March 2000 International 11. Best New Computer Hardware, The Toronto Star The Toronto Star is Canada's highest-circulation newspaper, though its print edition is distributed almost entirely within Ontario. It is owned by Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd., a division of Star Media Group, a subsidiary of Torstar Corporation. , May 2000 12. Best New Product, Breakaway Canada -- Computing Technology Association of Canada, April 12, 2000 13. Best Processor of 1999 (Hardware for Games Category), Game.exe, (Russia), March 2000 14. Technical Excellence -- Best Component (Hardware Category), PC Magazine en Espanol (Mexico), December 1999 15. Best Overall Product of the Year, PC Magazine (UK), December 1999 16. Best System Design -- Processor, PC Magazine (UK), December 1999 17. Product of the Year, PC Expert (France), January 2000 18. Technical Excellence -- Hardware and Component Category, PC Expert (France), January 2000 19. Year 2000 Star Product (New Technology Category), Info PC (France), January 2000 20. Overall Product of the Year, Info PC (France), January 2000 21. Editors' Choice, Generation PC (France), January 2000 22. Product of the Year, PC Compatibles (France), December 1999 23. Product of the Year -- Processor, PC Direct (France), January 2000 24. Product of the Year 2000, PC Achat (France), January 2000 25. Product of the Year, PC World (Denmark), December 1999 26. Product of the Year, PC World (Norway), December 1999 27. Best CPU for Desktops, PC World Komputer (Poland), December 1999 28. Technology Product of the Year, PC Kurier (Poland), January 2000 29. Millennium Award, Personal Computer Magazine (The Netherlands), January 2000 30. Golden Knight The Golden Knight has last appeared in Demon #20 published by DC Comics. He is protectorate of a dimensional region beyond virtue of Heaven's Gate and can only let something of pure goodness pass. The Thing That Never Dies passes but Etrigan has to fight the Golden Knight. Award -- Best Processor of the Year, Home Computer (Russia), December 1999 31. Best of Comdex (Israel), December 1999 32. Best of World PC Expo A trade show for resellers, corporate managers and technical professionals from CMP Media LLC, a subsidiary of United Business Media. First held in New York in 1983 with 120 exhibitors and 9,600 attendees, the show grew from the personal computer's early years to 550 vendors and more than 99, Nikkei BYTE/Nikkei WinPC Magazine (Japan), September 1999 33. Hardware of the Year Award -- Processors, PC Joker Magazine (Germany) 34. Readers Choice Award, CHIP Magazine, (Poland) 35. Product of the Year Award, MikroPC (Finland), December 1999 36. Product of the Year Award -- Processors, Tietokone (Finland), December 1999 37. Best Product of 1999, China Computerworld (China), January 2000 38. Top 10 IT Product in 1999, China Computer Reseller Weekly (China), January 2000 39. Highly Recommended Hardware, eNet, January 2000 40. Upgrade Product of 1999, Australian Personal Computer (Australia), November 1999 41. CeBIT-Oscar for "Trend Setting Technology" -- Hardware Category, CHIP Magazine (Germany), February 2000 42. Most Innovative Manufacturer, PC Direct (Germany), February 2000 43. Reader's Choice -- Most Innovative Hardware, PC Shopping (Germany), February 2000 44. Reader's Choice -- Company of the Year (Germany), PC Shopping, February 2000 45. Grand Prix Grand Prix n. pl. Grand Prix Any of several competitive international road races for sports cars of specific engine size over an exacting, usually risky course. Award, Best CPU -- Hi-End Use, VIDI VIDI Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Seattle, WA) Magazine (Croatia), February 2000 46. Grand Prix Award, Best CPU -- Games, VIDI Magazine (Croatia), February 2000 47. Grand Prix Award, Best CPU -- Office Use, VIDI Magazine (Croatia), February 2000 48. Innovation of the Year, PC Professionell (Germany), February 2000 49. Zloty Processor, Teleinfo (Poland) 50. Golden Computer, Computer Bild 51. Product of the Year, PC Magazine (Italy), 2000 52. Product of the Year, CHIP Magazine (Poland), 1999 53. Recommended Product, PC Actual (Spain) AMD Athlon Processor-based System Awards 1. Editors' Choice Award: micronpc.com Millenia MAX XP, PC Magazine, November 2000 2. No. 1 Home PC: Gateway Select 800, PC World, May 2000 3. Fastest PC Ever Tested, Maximum PC, December 2000 4. No. 1 PC Desktop Over $1,000: Polywell Poly K7-800, BusinessWeek Computer Buying Guide, March 2000 5. No. 1 PC Desktop Under $1,000: Polywell Poly AG-500, BusinessWeek Computer Buying Guide, March 2000 6. State-of-the-Art Desktop PC: Compaq Presario 5861, PC Computing, November 1999 7. Editors' Choice Award (Desktop PCs): TCE TCE trichloroethylene. TCE Environment A volatile chlorinated hydrocarbon that boils at 88ºC and is highly soluble–1000 ppm in water, with various industrial uses Toxicity Peripheral neuropathy, carcinogenic. K7-600, Computer Reseller News, September 1999 8. No. 1 Midrange PC: Micro Express's MicroFlex-550B, PC World, January 2000 9. Best PC of 2000 Award, PC User, November 2000 (Australia) 10. Best Hardware of 1999: Polywell Poly 800K7-700, CNET (body) CNET - Centre national d'Etudes des Telecommunications. The French national telecommunications research centre at Lannion. .com, December 1999 11. System of the Year: CyberMax Enthusiast AP6 650 MHz Athlon, Maximum PC, December 1999 12. Attaboy Award -- Best Consumer PC: Compaq Presario 5900Z, Houston Chronicle, December 1999 13. Cadalyst Labs 5-Star (out of a possible 5 stars) Highly Recommended Workstation: Polywell 800K7-6501, Cadalyst 14. Cadalyst Labs 5-Star Highly Recommended Workstation: Sys Performance 600A, Cadalyst 15. Cadalyst Labs 5-Star Highly Recommended Workstation: Xi Computer 650K MTower SP, Cadalyst 16. Ultimate Game Machine (co-winner): Falcon Northwest Computers, Computer Gaming World Computer Gaming World (CGW) was the first magazine devoted exclusively to computer games. CGW was founded in 1981 by Russell Sipe as a semi-monthly publication. , December 1999 About AMD AMD is a global supplier of integrated circuits for the personal and networked computer and communications markets with manufacturing facilities in the United States, Europe, Japan, and Asia. AMD produces microprocessors, flash memory devices, and support circuitry for communications and networking applications. Founded in 1969 and based in Sunnyvale, California, AMD had revenues of $2.9 billion in 1999. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AMD). Visit AMD on the Web For more information about AMD Athlon processor awards, please visit: http://www.amd.com/products/cpg/athlon/awards/athlon.html. Additional press releases and information about AMD and its products are available at: http://www.amd.com/news/news.html Note to Editors: AMD, the AMD logo, AMD Athlon, AMD-760, and combinations thereof, are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 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