AMD Athlon Processor Chosen to Power Systemax Ascent Commercial Desktop; Systemax Will Feature 1GHz Business Desktops Through Its Direct Channel.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers FOSE FOSE Federal Office Systems Exposition 2000 Booth No. 17 SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 17, 2000 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. announced Monday that Systemax, a New York-based direct PC manufacturer, has chosen to base its Ascent brand of commercial desktops on the award-winning AMD Athlon(TM) processor. AMD will begin showcasing a Systemax Ascent model based on the 1GHz AMD Athlon processor on Tuesday at the FOSE show (Booth No. 17) in Washington, D.C., the nation's largest government technology trade show. "We are pleased to have Systemax join a growing list of computer manufacturers that now offer business, government and educational users the reliability, performance and stability of the AMD Athlon processor," said David Somo, vice president of marketing for AMD's Computation Products Group. "Through Systemax's build-to-order model, commercial technology buyers can realize the outstanding features delivered by the Ascent brand." "The PVO-1000a clearly demonstrates that the 1GHz Athlon is a stable platform for even the most demanding business user," said Richard Leeds, Systemax chairman and chief executive officer. "Systemax continues to focus on meeting the needs of small and medium businesses, as well as government and education, with its AMD Athlon processor-based Ascent PC line." The business-oriented features of the Ascent PVO-1000a -- offered as standard equipment with the new PC -- include a 3COM (1) (Computer Output Microfilm) Creating microfilm or microfiche from the computer. A COM machine receives print-image output from the computer either online or via tape or disk and creates a film image of each page. 10/100 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. network interface card, 19-inch high-resolution monitor, 50X CD-ROM drive A device that holds and reads CD-ROM discs. CD-ROM drives generally also play audio CD discs by sending analog sound to the sound card via a 4-pin cable. For specifications of 10x, 20x, etc. drives, see CD-ROM drives. See CD-ROM, CD-ROM changer, CD-ROM server and CD-ROM audio cable. , CDR/W drive, 30 GB 7200 RPM hard drive, 128 MB RAM, 32 MB Creative Labs TNT TNT: see trinitrotoluene. TNT in full trinitrotoluene Pale yellow, solid organic compound made by adding nitrate (−NO2) groups to toluene. 2 graphics card, Microsoft Office Microsoft's primary desktop applications for Windows and Mac. Depending on the package, it includes some combination of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and Outlook along with various Internet and other utilities. 2000 Small Business Edition, and Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. 2000 Professional. The Ascent PV01000a is available for immediate build-to-order through Systemax online catalog Similar to an online library or databases in the information storage respect, ‘’’online catalogs’’’ allow potential customers to browse a company’s items for sale from a different location using the internet. divisions Global Computer (www.globalcomputer.com), MidWest Micro (www.mwmicro.com), and Tiger Direct TigerDirect (also known as TigerDirect.com) is a major direct online retailer of computer electronic items based out of Miami, Florida, founded by Gilbert Fiorentino, Carl Fiorentino and Daniel Brown in 1987 in Miami, Florida. (www.tigerdirect.com). The manufacturer's recommended price for the standard configuration is approximately $2,995. Actual price depends on the configuration options selected. In addition to the 1GHz Systemax Ascent model, AMD will demonstrate AMD processor-based commercial desktop, notebook and workstation models at FOSE from the following manufacturers: Compaq, Comtech, Everex, Gateway, MicroPro, Pionex, Systemax and Tiger. The tradeshow is April 18-20. Visit AMD on the Web Additional press releases and information about AMD are available at http://www.amd.com/news/news.html. AMD Athlon(TM) Processor Awards Around the World The AMD Athlon processor and AMD Athlon processor-based systems have received more than 50 awards from countries spanning the continents. The following is a listing of AMD Athlon processor and AMD Athlon processor-based system awards: AMD Athlon Processor Awards
-- Analyst's Choice Award -- Best PC Processor, Microprocessor
Report, January 2000
-- Technical Excellence -- Best Component (Hardware Category), PC
Magazine, November 1999
-- CPU of the Year, Maximum PC, December 1999
-- Best Product of 1999 (Hardware), Windows NT Systems, January 2000
-- All-Star Award, Cadalyst, December 1999
-- Wired for 3D Editors' Choice, 3D Magazine, January 2000
-- Attaboy Award -- Product of the Year, Houston Chronicle, December
1999
-- Technical Excellence -- Best Component (Hardware Category), PC
Magazine en Espanol, December 1999
-- Best Overall Product of the Year, PC Magazine (UK), December 1999
-- Best System Design -- Processor, PC Magazine (UK), December 1999
-- Product of the Year, PC Expert (France), January 2000
-- Technical Excellence -- Hardware and Component Category, PC Expert
(France), January 2000
-- Year 2000 Star Product (New Technology Category), Info PC
(France), January 2000
-- Overall Product of the Year, Info PC (France), January 2000
-- Editors' Choice, Generation PC (France), January 2000
-- Product of the Year, PC Compatibles (France), December 1999
-- Product of the Year -- Processor, PC Direct (France), January 2000
-- Product of the Year 2000, PC Achat (France), January 2000
-- Product of the Year, PC World (Denmark), December 1999
-- Product of the Year, PC World (Norway), December 1999
-- Best CPU for Desktops, PC World Komputer (Poland), December 1999
-- Technology Product of the Year, PC Kurier (Poland), January 2000
-- Millennium Award, Personal Computer Magazine (The Netherlands),
January 2000
-- Best of Comdex (Israel), December 1999
-- Best of World PC Expo 99 (Japan), Nikkei BYTE/Nikkei WinPC
Magazine, September 1999
-- Hardware of the Year Award -- Processors (Germany) PC Joker
Magazine
-- Readers Choice Award (Poland), CHIP Magazine
-- Product of the Year Award (Finland), MikroPC, December 1999
-- Product of the Year Award -- Processors (700MHz AMD Athlon
processor) (Finland), Tietokone, December 1999
-- Best Product of 1999 (China), China Computerworld, January 2000
-- Top 10 IT Product in 1999 (China), China Computer Reseller Weekly,
January 2000
-- Highly Recommended Hardware, eNet, January 2000
-- Upgrade Product of 1999 (Australia), Australian Personal Computer,
November 1999
-- Trend Setting Hardware Technology (1.1GHz AMD Athlon technology
demonstration), CHIP magazine, February 2000
-- Most Innovative Manufacturer (AMD for the AMD Athlon processor)
(Germany), PC Direct, February 2000
-- Reader's Choice -- Most Innovative Hardware (Germany), PC
Shopping, February 2000
-- Reader's Choice -- Company of the Year (AMD for the AMD Athlon
processor), (Germany), PC Shopping, February 2000
-- Innovation of the Year 99-00 Finalist (Germany), PC Professionell,
February 2000
-- Grand Prix Award (Croatia), VIDI Magazine, February 2000
-- Best CPU -- Hi-End Use (800MHz AMD Athlon processor)
-- Best CPU -- Games (800MHz AMD Athlon processor)
-- Best CPU -- Office Use (800MHz AMD Athlon processor)
AMD Athlon Processor-based System Awards
-- State-of-the-Art Desktop PC: Compaq Presario 5861, PC Computing,
November 1999
-- Editors' Choice Award (Desktop PCs): TCE K7-600, Computer Reseller
News, September 1999
-- No. 1 Midrange PC: Micro Express's MicroFlex-550B, PC World,
January 2000
-- Best Hardware of 1999: Polywell Poly 800K7-700, CNET.com, December
1999
-- System of the Year: CyberMax Enthusiast AP6 650MHz AMD Athlon,
Maximum PC, December 1999
-- Attaboy Award -- Best Consumer PC: Compaq Presario 5900Z, Houston
Chronicle, December 1999
-- Cadalyst Labs 5-Star (out of a possible 5 stars) Highly
Recommended Workstation:
-- Polywell 800K7-6501 (650MHz AMD Athlon processor)
-- Sys Performance 600A (600MHz AMD Athlon processor)
-- Xi Computer 650K MTower SP (650MHz AMD Athlon processor)
-- Ultimate Game Machine (co-winner): Falcon Northwest Computers,
Computer Gaming World, December 1999.
About the AMD Athlon 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 See x86 chip platform. ; high-performance cache technology, including 128KB of on-chip level (L1) cache and a programmable, high-performance backside L2 cache (Level 2 cache) A memory bank built into the CPU chip, packaged within the same module or built on the motherboard. The L2 cache feeds the L1 cache, and its memory is slower than L1 memory. The L2 cache feeds the L1 cache, which feeds the processor. interface; 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 integer: see number; number theory 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; and the AMD Athlon system bus -- a 200MHz system interface based on the Alpha(tm) EV6 bus protocol with support for scalable multiprocessing. AMD Athlon processors are manufactured using AMD's aluminum 0.18-micron process technology in Fab 25 in Austin, Texas. 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 and products for communications and networking applications. AMD processors, including the AMD-K6(R)-2 and AMD Athlon product families, power computers manufactured by nine of the Top 10 computer manufacturers worldwide. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. PC Data Hardware Report for January 2000, AMD's mobile processors are used in more than 65 percent of notebook computers sold in the retail market to consumers and small businesses. Founded in 1969 and based in Sunnyvale, AMD had revenues of $2.9 billion in 1999. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AMD). About Systemax Systemax Inc. (www.systemax.com) has developed an integrated system of branded e-commerce web sites, direct mail catalogs, and relationship marketing to sell private label and name brand PC hardware, related computer products, and industrial products, to businesses in 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. and Europe. With annual sales at a rate of more than $1.7 billion, Systemax is a Fortune 1000 and Inter@active Internet 500 company that is listed on the NYSE, traded under the symbol SYX SYX Sanya, China (Airport Code) SYX Smalltalk YX (open source programming language) SYX Skyway Airlines (ICAO code) . For press information, please contact Elizabeth Hoff of SS Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most Inc. at 847/955-0700 ext. 278. Note to Editors: AMD, AMD Athlon, K6, 3Dnow! and combinations thereof are trademarks and AMD-K6 is a registered trademark of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Alpha is a trademark of Digital Equipment Corp. Other product names used in this publication are for identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective companies. |
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