AMD Browses Embedded Market With Opera Software; Companies Plan to Exchange Development Tools to Create Innovative Web Browser Solutions for Embedded Designers.Business Editors/Technology Writers SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 24, 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. today announced an agreement with Opera Software, creators of Opera Web browsers The following is a list of web browsers. Historical Historically important browsers In order of release:
Under the agreement, the two companies are authorized to develop advanced Web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. solutions combining Opera's software with AMD's line of embedded 32-bit processors, including the AMD-K6(TM)E family, Elan(TM)SC400 and ElanSC520 processor families. AMD's 32-bit processors offer exceptional x86 price-performance ratio for the embedded market. Devices such as Internet appliances and set top boxes designed with AMD's processors and Opera Software's light weight, fully featured standards based browser will be designed to provide consumers with superior devices at a very competitive price. The agreement permits AMD and Opera to assist each other's respective development efforts, and to exchange hardware, software, technical support and documentation to further those efforts. "The crescendo continues to build for fast, powerful, and user-friendly ways to access the Internet," said Paul Smith, manager with AMD's Embedded Processors Division. "We believe that AMD's hardware, working in conjunction with Opera's software, can provide truly great offerings for information appliance See Internet appliance. (hardware) Information Appliance - (IA) A consumer device that performs only a few targeted tasks and is controlled by a simple touch-screen interface or push buttons on the device's enclosure. developers." 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, Calif., AMD had revenues of $2.9 billion in 1999. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AMD). Visit AMD on the Web Additional press releases and information about AMD and its products are available at: http://www.amd.com/news/news.html. About Opera Software Opera Software AS is an industry leader in the development of Web browsers for the desktop and device markets. The Opera browser has received international recognition from end users and the industry press for being faster, smaller and more standards-compliant than other browsers. Opera Software AS is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. headquartered in Oslo, Norway. Learn more about Opera at www.opera.com Note to Editors: AMD, the AMD logo, AMD-K6 and combinations thereof, and Elan are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. All other product names used are for identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective companies. |
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