AMD Athlon and AMD Duron Processors Receive Ten New Awards; Honors Include PC Magazine Taiwan CPU of the Year, Plus 8 Awards for the AMD Duron Processor.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 8, 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. began 2001 on a high note by adding several new honors to an already long list of awards for the AMD Athlon(TM) and now the AMD Duron(TM) family of processors. Included in these are "Product of the Year" honors (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. category) for the AMD Athlon processor from PC Magazine in Taiwan as well as 8 awards for the AMD Duron processor. Two of the awards for the AMD Duron are from renowned French publications including "Best 2001 Processor" from PC Achat magazine and "Best Purchase for the Year 2001" from PC Direct. Korea's Digital Times named the AMD Duron "Processor of the Year". France's Computer Reseller News also bestowed AMD with "Company of the Year" (Writer's Choice) honors. AMD Athlon(TM) Processor Awards The "Product of the Year" award from PC Magazine Taiwan comes on the heels of a rare "triple crown" of accolades of three of the industry's most prestigious honors: "CPU of the Year" for 2001 from Maximum PC, November 2000, "Product of the Year" from PC World, June 2000 and the technical excellence prize from PC Magazine, November 1999. "It is critical for consumers and business users to have the best performance in their desktops and workstations in order to keep up with today's demanding applications," said Vogl Lee, PC Magazine Taiwan Editor-in-Chief. "AMD Athlon processors not only scream with speed, but also enable consumers and business users to have a feature-rich performance platform." An award given by PC Authority magazine in Australia also honored a system based on the AMD Athlon processor for "Number 1 in Value" in the December 2000 issue. AMD Duron(TM) Processor Awards In the January 2001 issue of PC Achat, the editors write of the AMD Duron processor, "In relation to its competitor the Celeron, the AMD Duron is almost 25% more powerful and quicker...with a better price! A price/quality relation at its best provides a perfect processor for multimedia PCs in the value market. With all these qualities, the AMD Duron is undeniably the processor of the year." The latest recognition comes as the 850MHz (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 Duron processor is introduced to the market. The 850MHz AMD Duron is one of the most powerful processors ever offered for the sub-$1,000 PC value market. AMD also expects the advent of UMA (1) (Unlicensed Mobile Access) See GAN. (2) (Upper Memory Area) Memory in a PC between 640K and 1M. More relevant in the days of DOS, this region was broken into Upper Memory Blocks (UMB) reserved for video memory and other integrated graphics Refers to having the video display circuitry of a computer contained directly on the motherboard rather than on a separate plug-in card (the display adapter). Integrated graphics typically share memory with the CPU (see shared video memory) and provide a more economical alternative to the solutions for the Socket A The motherboard receptacle for Duron and newer Athlon CPU chips from AMD. It uses a 462-pin PGA package. See Slot A. infrastructure, in conjunction with AMD Duron processors, to enable OEMs to provide richer system configurations at the same price, or provide similar configurations at lower overall system prices by eliminating the graphics card. Five other honors for the AMD Duron processor come from publications in the Czech Republic Czech Republic, Czech Česká Republika (2005 est. pop. 10,241,000), republic, 29,677 sq mi (78,864 sq km), central Europe. It is bordered by Slovakia on the east, Austria on the south, Germany on the west, and Poland on the north. and Singapore. AMD Athlon and AMD Duron Processor Awards Around the World These latest developments bring the total number of awards for AMD's seventh generation AMD Athlon and AMD Duron processor families, and systems based on the processors, to 81. The following is a listing of the AMD Athlon processor, AMD Athlon processor-based systems, and AMD Duron processor 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 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. Product of the Year 2000 (CPU category), PC Magazine (Taiwan), December 2000. 12. Editor's Choice, AHa! PC Magazine (Korea), July 2000. 13. 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. 14. Best New Product, Breakaway Canada -- Computing Technology Association of Canada, April 12, 2000. 15. Best Processor of 1999 (Hardware for Games Category), Game.exe, (Russia), March 2000. 16. CeBIT-Oscar for "Trend Setting Technology" -- Hardware Category, CHIP Magazin (Germany), February 2000. 17. Most Innovative Manufacturer, PC Direct (Germany), February 2000. 18. Reader's Choice -- Most Innovative Hardware, PC Shopping (Germany), February 2000. 19. Reader's Choice -- Company of the Year (Germany), PC Shopping, February 2000. 20. 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. 21. Grand Prix Award, Best CPU -- Games, VIDI Magazine (Croatia), February 2000. 22. Grand Prix Award, Best CPU -- Office Use, VIDI Magazine (Croatia), February 2000. 23. Innovation of the Year, PC Professionell (Germany), February 2000. 24. Product of the Year, PC Expert (France), January 2000. 25. Year 2000 Star Product (New Technology Category), Info PC (France), January 2000. 26. Overall Product of the Year, Info PC (France), January 2000. 27. Editors' Choice, Generation PC (France), January 2000. 28. Product of the Year -- Processor, PC Direct (France), January 2000. 29. Product of the Year 2000, PC Achat (France), January 2000. 30. Technical Excellence -- Hardware and Component Category, PC Expert (France), January 2000. 31. Technology Product of the Year, PC Kurier (Poland), January 2000. 32. Millennium Award, Personal Computer Magazine (The Netherlands), January 2000. 33. Best Product of 1999, China Computerworld (China), January 2000. 34. Top 10 IT Product in 1999, China Computer Reseller Weekly (China), January 2000. 35. Highly Recommended Hardware, eNet, January 2000. 36. Technical Excellence -- Best Component (Hardware Category), PC Magazine en Espanol (Mexico), December 1999. 37. Best Overall Product of the Year, PC Magazine (UK), December 1999. 38. Best System Design -- Processor, PC Magazine (UK), December 1999. 39. Product of the Year, PC Compatibles (France), December 1999. 40. Product of the Year, PC World (Denmark), December 1999. 41. Product of the Year, PC World (Norway), December 1999. 42. Best CPU for Desktops, PC World Komputer (Poland), December 1999. 43. 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. 44. Best of Comdex (Israel), December 1999. 45. Product of the Year Award, MikroPC (Finland), December 1999. 46. Product of the Year Award -- Processors, Tietokone (Finland), December 1999. 47. 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. 48. Hardware of the Year Award -- Processors, PC Joker Magazine (Germany). 49. Readers Choice Award, CHIP Magazine, (Poland). 50. Zloty Processor, Teleinfo (Poland). 51. Golden Computer, Computer Bild. 52. Product of the Year, PC Magazine (Italy), 2000. 53. Product of the Year, CHIP Magazine (Poland), 1999. 54. Recommended Product, PC Actual (Spain). 55. Best Processor of the Year, Distributique (France). AMD Athlon Processor-based System Awards 1. Fastest PC Ever Tested, Maximum PC, December 2000. 2. Number 1 for Value: Peripherals Plus AMD Athlon 700, PC Authority (Australia), December 2000. 3. Reader's Choice 2000: MIRONET 500, CHIP Magazin (Czech Republic), October 2000. 4. No. 1 Home PC: Gateway Select 800, PC World, May 2000. 5. No. 1 PC Desktop Over $1,000: Polywell Poly K7-800, BusinessWeek Computer Buying Guide, March 2000. 6. No. 1 PC Desktop Under $1,000: Polywell Poly AG-500, BusinessWeek Computer Buying Guide, March 2000. 7. State-of-the-Art Desktop PC: Compaq Presario Presario is a series of desktop computers and notebooks from Compaq. The Presario family of computers was launched for the consumer marketplace in September 1993. Although HP has since acquired Compaq, the Presario name was not discontinued due to its marketability. 5861, PC Computing, November 1999. 8. 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. 9. No. 1 Midrange PC: Micro Express's MicroFlex-550B, PC World, January 2000. 10. Best PC of 2000 Award, PC User, (Australia) November 2000. 11. 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. 12. System of the Year: CyberMax Enthusiast AP6 650 MHz Athlon, Maximum PC, December 1999. 13. Attaboy Award -- Best Consumer PC: Compaq Presario 5900Z, Houston Chronicle, December 1999. 14. Cadalyst Labs 5-Star (out of a possible 5 stars) Highly Recommended Workstation: Polywell 800K7-6501, Cadalyst. 15. Cadalyst Labs 5-Star Highly Recommended Workstation: Sys Performance 600A, Cadalyst. 16. Cadalyst Labs 5-Star Highly Recommended Workstation: Xi Computer 650K MTower SP, Cadalyst. 17. Ultimate Game Machine (co-winner): Falcon Northwest Falcon Northwest is a personal computer manufacturing company located in Medford, Oregon, USA which was founded in 1992 by its current President Kelt Reeves. The company began its existence focusing on high-end systems for CAD applications. 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. AMD Duron Processor Awards 1. Best 2001 Processor, PC Achat (France), January 2001. 2. Best Purchase of the Year 2001, PC Direct (France), January 2001. 3. Processor of the Year, Digital Times (Korea), December 2000. 4. Most Value for the Money, HardwareZone (Singapore), November 2000. 5. 5 Stars, HardwareZone (Singapore), November 2000. 6. Reader's Choice 2000, CHIP Magazin (Czech Republic), October 2000. 7. Best Product of INVEX (Hardware Category), Czech IT Fair INVEX 2000 (Czech Republic), October 2000. 8. Best Product of the Year 2000, IDG IDG International Data Group IDG Integrated Drive Generator IDG Installation Design Guide IDG Internet Discussion Group IDG Inset Dielectric Guide IDG International Dangerous Goods (mail, shipping) (Czech Republic), October 2000. 9. Excellence Award, One2Surf (United Kingdom), July 2000. 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 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 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 $2.9 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 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 U.S. 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. 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