AMD Athlon Processor to Power Line of Pionex Commercial Desktops and Workstations.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 10, 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 today that Pionex, a leading East Coast computer manufacturer selling through the reseller channel, is immediately offering commercial desktops and workstations based on the award-winning AMD Athlon(TM) processor. The workstation systems, which are on display today at the SolidWorks International User Group Conference & Expo in New Orleans New Orleans (ôr`lēənz –lənz, ôrlēnz`), city (2006 pop. 187,525), coextensive with Orleans parish, SE La., between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, 107 mi (172 km) by water from the river mouth; founded , feature the newly released 800 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. AMD Athlon processor. "We are excited to see a well-established computer manufacturer like Pionex embrace the AMD Athlon processor for its commercial desktops and workstations," said Rob Herb, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Executive for AMD. "This is the beginning of a great relationship that will provide choice and enrich the commercial computer market. "As our recent awards demonstrate, the AMD Athlon processor provides leading-edge microprocessor performance for the business computing market." "Pionex is pleased to offer our business customers the award-winning AMD Athlon processor," said John Amico, Vice President of Sales, Pionex Commercial Products Group. "Our commercial accounts demand only the very best, and the AMD Athlon delivers the kind of performance, reliability and compatibility that our customers need to satisfy their computing needs." The AMD Athlon processor-based Pionex Elite commercial desktops and workstations are being sold through the reseller channel and by the more than 500 Value Added Resellers (VARs) who sell Pionex products. The Pionex Elite Professional Workstation systems, anchored by AMD Athlon processors running at clock speeds of 600 MHz, 700 MHz and the newly released 800 MHz, are available in three different configurations with prices ranging from $1,999 to $5,399. The Pionex Elite desktop systems, using the same AMD Athlon processors, range in price from $1,069 to $1,999. (For more specific product information, please visit the Pionex Elite Web site at www.pionexelite.com). The Pionex Elite Professional Workstations feature the award-winning 3Dlabs Oxygen GVXI graphics boards. Also today, 3Dlabs announced that it is optimizing its drivers for the AMD Athlon processor in a move that further enhances the AMD Athlon as an outstanding choice for workstation systems. The AMD Athlon processor's seventh-generation microarchitecture, 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. floating point engine, and high-bandwidth, 200MHz system bus enable it to achieve superior performance levels and make it the ideal processor for workstations. Business users who work with digital photo editing See photo editor. , digital content creation The development of newsworthy, educational and entertainment material for distribution over the Internet or other electronic media. See DAMS. , CAD/CAE CAD/CAE Computer Aided Design and Computer Aided Engineering , commercial 3D modeling, image compression Noun 1. image compression - the compression of graphics for storage or transmission compression - encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required , speech recognition, scientific applications and other computationally-demanding software will benefit from the tremendous processing power of Pionex's AMD Athlon processor-based systems. (For AMD Athlon processor benchmark data on many of the above applications, please go to www.amd.com/products/cpg/athlon/benchmarks/benchmarks.html.) Since it was launched in August, the AMD Athlon processor -- or systems based on the processor -- have won more than 20 industry awards, including the following from workstation publications: Best Product of 1999, Windows NT Systems (January 2000); All-Star Award, Cadalyst (December 1999); Wired for 3D Editors' Choice, 3D Magazine (January 2000); and Cadalyst Labs 5-Star (out of a possible 5 stars) Highly Recommended Workstation: Polywell 800K7-6501 (with an AMD Athlon 650 MHz processor), Sys Performance 600A (AMD Athlon 600 MHz processor), and XI Computer 650K MTower SP (AMD Athlon 650 MHz processor). AMD Athlon(TM) Processor Awards The AMD Athlon processor has received numerous industry awards, including: Technical Excellence -- Best Component (Hardware Category), PC Magazine (November 1999); 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, Maximum PC (December 1999); Best Product of 1999, Windows NT Systems (January 2000); All-Star Award, Cadalyst (December 1999); 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); Best Overall Product of the Year and Best System Design -- Processor, PC Magazine (UK) (December 1999); Product of the Year, Compatible PC (France), (December 1999); Product of the Year, PC World (Denmark), December 1999; Best CPU for Desktops, PC World Komputer (Poland), December 1999; and Best Exhibited Product, World PC Expo - Japan, Nikkei Business Publications Nikkei Business Publications, Inc. (株式会社日経BP (September 1999). The AMD Athlon processor is also a finalist for the MicroDesign Resources Best PC Processor award. The winner will be announced January 17. Systems based on the AMD Athlon processor have won the following awards: State-of-the-Art Desktop PC: Compaq Presario 5861, PC Computing (November 1999); 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); No. 1 Midrange PC: Micro Express's MicroFlex-550B, PC World, (January 2000); 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); System of the Year: Cybermax Enthusiast AP6 650 MHz 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 (with an AMD Athlon 650 MHz processor), Sys Performance 600A (AMD Athlon 600 MHz processor), and XI Computer 650K MTower SP (AMD Athlon 650 MHz processor); and 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 the AMD Athlon(TM) Processor The AMD Athlon processor is an x86-compatible, seventh-generation design featuring a superpipelined, nine-issue superscalar microarchitecture optimized for high clock frequency; the industry's first fully pipelined, superscalar floating point unit for x86 platforms; high-performance cache technology, including 128 KB of on-chip level-one(L1) cache and a programmable, high-performance backside L2 cache 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 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. All new AMD Athlon processors are manufactured on AMD's 0.18-micron process technology in FAB 25 in Austin, Texas. About AMD AMD is a global supplier of integrated circuits 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, AMD-K6-III and AMD Athlon product families, power computers manufactured by nine of the Top 10 computer OEMs in North America, including Compaq, HP and IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) . AMD's mobile processors are used in more than 55 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 $2.5 billion in 1998. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AMD). About Pionex Pionex Technologies is a leading manufacturer of high quality computer systems for the home and corporate markets. The Elite product line features a wide range of network servers, professional workstations, multimedia business systems, managed PCs, notebooks and caching solutions. Based in Somerset, New Jersey Somerset is a census-designated place and unincorporated area located at the eastermost section within Franklin Township, in Somerset County, New Jersey. As of the United States 2000 Census, the CDP population was 23,040. Somerset housed one of the first Marconi Wireless Stations. , Pionex maintains sales and manufacturing facilities nationwide and has annual revenues approaching $2 billion. Cautionary Statement This release contains forward-looking statements, which are made pursuant to the safe harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. Investors are cautioned that all forward-looking statements in this release involve risks and uncertainty that could cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations. Forward-looking statements in this release include the expected outcomes and benefits arising from the business relationship between AMD and Pionex, the nature of that relationship, and the risk that Pionex workstations and desktop computers containing AMD Athlon processors will not achieve customer or market acceptance. We urge investors to review in detail the risks and uncertainties in the Company's filings with the Securities Exchange Commission. Visit AMD on the Web Additional press releases and information about AMD are available at: http://www.amd.com/news/news.html. Note to Editors: AMD, the AMD logo, 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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