AMD Jump-Starts Competition in Thin-and-Light Notebook Market; Unveils 12 New Mobile Processors.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers CeBIT 2003 SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 12, 2003 EPSON EPSON Son of Electronic Printer DIRECT, Fujitsu Siemens (Fujitsu Siemens Computers, Inc. (USA), Milpitas, CA, www.fujitsu-siemens.com) Fujitsu Siemens Computers USA is a wholly owned research and development subsidiary of Fujitsu Siemens Computers. and Sharp among OEMs around the world to offer choice of notebook PCs powered by 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. mobile processors At CeBIT today, AMD (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AMD) boosted competition in the notebook PC industry by introducing 12 new mobile processors for thin-and-light and high-performance notebooks. AMD partnered with leading notebook manufacturers such as EPSON DIRECT, Fujitsu Siemens Computers Fujitsu Siemens Computers is a Japanese and German IT vendor, selling consumer and business computing products in the markets of Europe, the Middle East and Africa (products marketed elsewhere are sold under the Fujitsu brand). Consumer Division and Sharp Corporation to deliver on-the-go productivity and extended battery life for virtually all major notebook categories. "AMD continues to bring competition to the PC marketplace while helping OEMs differentiate their mobile solutions and provide their customers with a choice of outstanding notebooks," said Rob Herb, executive vice president and chief sales and marketing officer for AMD. "Today's announcement means that notebook PC manufacturers can select from a wide array of mobile AMD Athlon(TM) XP-M processors, combining them with a variety of best-in-class wireless and chipset A group of chips designed to work as a unit to perform a function. For example, a modem chipset contains all the primary circuits for transmitting and receiving. A PC chipset provides the electronic interfaces between all subsystems (see PC chipset for illustration). solutions to meet the needs of both business and home consumers." Mobile AMD Athlon XP-M processors are designed with an open architecture, helping to ensure that the best available 802.11 wireless solutions from leading companies can be easily integrated into AMD processor-based mobile systems. OEMs can choose any wireless solution, including 802.11a, 802.11b and 802.11g, to best meet the needs of their customers. AMD Processors for Thin-and-Light Notebooks AMD is introducing the low-voltage mobile AMD Athlon XP-M processors 1800+, 1700+, 1600+, 1500+ and 1400+ with micro PGA (1) (Professional Graphics Adapter) An early IBM PC display standard for 3D processing with 640x480x256 resolution. It was not widely used. (2) (Programmable Gate Array) See gate array and FPGA. packaging for the thin-and-light notebook market. This marks the first time AMD mobile processors will be featured in thin-and-light notebooks weighing less than four pounds, providing outstanding portability and extended system battery life for end users. "The thin-and-light market represents the largest and fastest-growing segment of the notebook PC market," said Matt Sargent, director of research, Personal Computers, ARS. "The ability of manufacturers to customize their mobile solutions and offer a broad range of choices to notebook buyers becomes even more critical as small-business and home consumers join enterprises in the quest for Verb 1. quest for - go in search of or hunt for; "pursue a hobby" quest after, go after, pursue look for, search, seek - try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the portability and connectivity." AMD Processors for Full-Size Notebooks AMD is also introducing new mobile processors designed for end users who require high performance and extended system battery life in a full-size notebook. Featuring 640KB of full-speed, on-chip cache, the mobile AMD Athlon XP-M processor 2500+ outperforms competitive mobile PC processors by up to eight percent on a variety of industry-standard benchmarks. AMD is now offering the AMD Athlon XP-M processors 2600+, 2500+, 2400+, 2200+ and 2000+ to meet the high-performance needs of business and home users. Both the AMD Athlon XP-M processors 2400+ and 2200+ are available in desktop replacement and mainstream notebook form factors. Industry Support "AVERATEC, Inc. chose AMD's new mobile processor for our 3150 series of thin-and-light notebooks to expand our market-wide acceptance with a stylish and innovative product," said Saeed Shahbazi, president, AVERATEC, Inc. "We expect our notebooks, designed for consumers, small offices and education, to be available at leading retail outlets retail outlet n → punto de venta retail outlet n → point m de vente retail outlet retail n → in the 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. , Europe and Asia in the second quarter of 2003." "Mobile users are continually looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. ways to become more mobile, not just while on the road, but also at work, school or home," said Toshio Morohoshi, president and chief executive officer, Fujitsu PC Corporation. "Fujitsu designed the LifeBook S2000 notebook with all of the mobile users' needs in mind. The addition of the AMD processor enables us to offer a high-performance, aggressively priced system with advanced wireless capabilities that provides users with maximum flexibility to stay connected wherever their computing environment may be." "Fujitsu Siemens Computers has chosen the new mobile AMD Athlon(TM) XP-M processor 2400+ to power its AMILO A series of consumer notebooks, because it delivers outstanding performance through its larger 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. for improved multitasking multitasking Mode of computer operation in which the computer works on multiple tasks at the same time. A task is a computer program (or part of a program) that can be run as a separate entity. and faster video and audio playback", said Peter Esser, executive vice president, Volume Products at Fujitsu Siemens Computers. "The new mobile AMD Athlon XP-M processor 2400+ allows us to extend our product offering for customers who are looking for excellent performance while conserving battery power." "Sharp welcomes the advent of the new low-voltage mobile AMD Athlon XP-M processor," said Makoto Nakamura, division general manager, Mobile Computing Using a computing device while in transit. Mobile computing implies wireless transmission, but wireless transmission does not necessarily imply mobile computing. Fixed wireless applications use satellites, radio systems and lasers to transmit between permanent objects such as buildings Systems Division, Information Systems Group, Sharp Corporation. "We expect that this processor will substantially broaden the range of usage scenarios for personal computing Refers to users working on their own computers rather than a terminal to a mainframe. Sometimes, the term refers to using computers at home for work and/or entertainment in contrast to business use only. See personal computer. in mobile environments." Worldwide Availability AVERATEC, Inc. plans to have thin-and-light notebook PCs based on new AMD mobile processors in major retail businesses in the U.S., Europe and Asia in the second quarter of 2003. Fujitsu PC is expected to offer the thin-and-light LifeBook S2000 powered by the low-voltage mobile AMD Athlon XP-M processor in the U.S. immediately through retailer and reseller channels as well as at www.fujitsupc.com and 1-877-FPC-DIRECT. Sharp is expected to offer the thin-and-light Mebius Muramasa PC-MV1-VC1 notebook PC featuring the low-voltage mobile AMD Athlon XP-M processor in Japan by the end of March. Twinhead International Corp., a leading manufacturer of notebooks in the Asia/Pacific markets, expects systems based on the new mobile AMD processors to be available in the second quarter. Tsing Hua Unisplendor, one of China's top three notebook manufacturers, plans to offer thin-and-light systems powered by mobile AMD Athlon XP-M processors in China in the second quarter. EPSON DIRECT in Japan plans to offer new mobile AMD processor-based full-size notebook PCs in April. HP plans to offer models based on AMD's new processors for mainstream notebooks in the first half of 2003. Fujitsu Siemens Computers plans to offer AMILO A notebooks for the consumer market beginning March 12 throughout Europe. Pricing All pricing is in 1,000-unit quantities. The new mobile processors for thin-and-light notebook PCs are priced from $71 to $147. New mobile processors for full-size notebook PCs are priced from $87 to $246. For pricing details please visit: http://www.amd.com/pricing About the Mobile AMD Athlon(TM) XP-M Processor The mobile AMD Athlon XP-M processors are compatible with AMD's 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, and support the advanced 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. AMD Athlon front-side bus. The low-voltage mobile AMD Athlon XP-M processors are pin compatible with Socket A infrastructure, but are packaged in a smaller uPGA package. Mobile AMD Athlon XP-M processors are manufactured using AMD's 0.13 micron copper process technology at Fab 30 in Dresden, Germany. 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, a Fortune 500 and Standard & Poor's 500 company, 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 approximately $2.7 billion in 2002. (NYSE: AMD). AMD, the AMD Arrow logo, AMD Athlon, and combinations thereof, are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Other product and company names used in this publication are for identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective companies. INDUSTRY ENDORSEMENT QUOTES FOR THE MOBILE AMD ATHLON(TM) XP-M PROCESSORS "The exceptional power management capabilities, advanced functionality and performance of ATI's MOBILITY RADEON family combined with the new mobile AMD Athlon(TM) XP-M processor, delivers outstanding power, versatility and value to mobile users." -- Reuven Sorava, director of marketing, Mobile Business, ATI Technologies “ATI” redirects here. For other uses, see Ati. ATI Technologies U.L.C. ATI is a major Canadian designer and supplier of graphics processing units, motherboard chipsets, and video display cards. , Inc. "GERICOM intends its 'BLOCKBUSTER' system to be an outstanding choice for our customers. It features the new mobile AMD Athlon(TM) XP-M processor 2400+ for high performance and AMD PowerNow!(TM) technology which helps extend system battery life, so our customers can get their work done whether in the office or traveling." -- Hermann Oberlehner, GERICOM "We believe the new mobile AMD Athlon(TM) XP-M processor provides consumers greater choices in building a PC that meets their needs. SiS is developing a full range of products, such as SiS740, SiS746FX and SiSM741, to pair with AMD's new mobile solution to bring out the best performance and computing power to our customers." -- Michael Chen, president, Silicon Integrated Systems Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS, Traditional Chinese: 矽統科技) is a company that manufactures, among other things, motherboard chipsets. The company was founded in 1987 in Hsinchu Science Park, Taiwan. Corp. "AMD mobile processors help us provide our customers with the mobility and choice they need to get their work done no matter where they are. V500 is designed to help notebook PC users stay connected and boost productivity." -- Jun-Jie Huang, general manager of Notebook Computer A laptop computer that weighs in a range from five to seven pounds. The term originated when laptops were routinely more than 10 pounds, and those that became lighter were placed in a special "notebook" category. In practice, notebook computer and laptop computer are synonymous. Business Development, Tsing Hua Unisplendor "By using the low-voltage AMD Athlon(TM) XP-M processor, we were able to design a thin-and-light notebook that will bring excellent performance and mobility to our customers. Today's notebook users expect the ability to get their work done anytime, anywhere, and that's what the Twinhead system provides." -- David Chang, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Twinhead International Corp. "VIA is pleased to provide full chipset support for the innovative range of mobile AMD Athlon(TM) processors, continuing our strong commitment to the AMD platform. The launch of the new mobile AMD Athlon XP-M processors will enable professional users and consumers alike to enjoy a much richer choice of notebooks that meet the specific needs of their increasingly mobile lifestyle." -- Richard Brown Richard Brown can refer to:
"With the new high-performance mobile AMD Athlon(TM) XP-M processors, our TARGA Visionary XP allows our customers to do their work anytime, anywhere. "Our customers are looking for extended mobility, which is provided by AMD PowerNow!(TM) technology, and an overall excellent computing experience." -- Matthias Klauke, vice president, Actebis International |
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