AMD and PALM Sign Flash Memory Supply Agreement.Business Editors/High Tech Writers SUNNYVALE & SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 17, 2001 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. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AMD) and Palm, Inc. (Nasdaq:PALM), a pioneer in the field of mobile and wireless Internet solutions and a leading provider of handheld computers, today announced that Palm has named AMD its primary provider of Flash memory devices through 2003. "Since the introduction of our first handheld computer in 1996, Palm has shipped more than 11 million handhelds, including 2.1 million units in our last fiscal quarter. This new agreement with AMD represents an important step forward in our continuing efforts to obtain increasing volumes of best-of-breed components to support our planned growth," said Dinesh Raghavan, vice president of Global Supply Chain Operations at Palm, Inc. "AMD's industry-leading Flash technology will help Palm(TM) products remain among the most competitive handheld solutions on the market and provide Palm handheld users with the ability to upgrade their handhelds with future editions of the Palm OS(R)." "AMD is extremely excited about our alliance with Palm, the pioneer and leader in the handheld marketplace," said Walid Maghribi, group vice president of AMD's Memory Group. "AMD's innovative chip-scale packaging and advanced power management will help Palm deliver platforms with a smaller form factor and longer battery life. This agreement underscores AMD's strategy to diversify its penetration into the highest growth markets for Flash memory." About AMD Flash Memory Devices AMD technology is employed by the world's largest producer of Flash memory devices, Fujitsu AMD Semiconductor Ltd. (FASL FASL Feet Above Sea Level FASL Fujitsu Amd Semiconductor Limited FASL Fellow, Academic Society of London ). AMD Flash memory products encompass a broad spectrum of densities and features to support a wide range of markets. AMD Flash memory customers represent leaders in the automotive, networking, telecommunications, and handheld mobile terminal markets. AMD offers many Flash memory products, such as the award-winning Simultaneous Read-Write (SRW SRW Super Robot Wars (video games) SRW Single Rear Wheel (truck) SRW Segmental Retaining Wall SRW Soldier Radio Waveform SRW Strategic Reconnaissance Wing SRW Search and Retrieve via the Web ) product family; Super Low Voltage 1.8V Flash memory devices; and Burst- and Page-Mode devices. AMD developed the robust Known Good Die (KGD KGD Known Good Die (semiconductor industry) KGD Kaliningrad, Russia - Kaliningrad Airport (Airport Code) KGD King's Gambit Declined (chess) KGD Komitee Für Grundrechte Und Demokratie ) program and the patented negative gate erase technology, and refined the industry-standard Fine-pitch Ball Grid Array “BGA” redirects here. For other uses, see BGA (disambiguation). A ball grid array (BGA) is a type of surface-mount packaging used for integrated circuits. (FBGA FBGA Fine-Pitch Ball Grid Array FBGA Fine Pitch Bga FBGA Fine Line Bga ). All AMD Flash memory devices are guaranteed by AMD for a minimum of one million write cycles per sector and 20 years' data retention, making them the most reliable non-volatile memory devices in the industry. About Palm, Inc. Palm, Inc. is a pioneer in the field of mobile and wireless Internet solutions and a leading provider of handheld computers (source: IDC, December 1999). Based on the Palm OS(R) platform, Palm's handheld solutions allow people to carry and access their most critical information with them wherever they go. Palm handhelds address the needs of individuals, enterprises and educational institutions through thousands of application solutions. The Palm OS platform is also the foundation for products from Palm's licensees and strategic partners, such as CreSenda Wireless; ePocrates, Inc.; Franklin Covey; Handspring; 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) ; Sony; Symbol Technologies; and TRG TRG Training Group TRG The Resource Group TRG Technical Resource Group TRG Technical Review Group TRG Technology Research Group TRG Tory Reform Group TRG Tactical Reconnaissance Group TRG Training received (on overtime forms) . Platform licensees also include Kyocera, Samsung, and Nokia. The Palm Economy is a growing global community of industry-leading licensees, world-class OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and customers, and more than 130,000 innovative developers and solution providers that have registered to develop solutions based on the Palm OS platform. Palm went public on March 2, 2000. Its stock is traded on the Nasdaq national market under the symbol PALM. More information is available at www.palm.com. About AMD AMD is a global supplier of integrated circuits for the personal and networked computer and communications markets. AMD produces microprocessors, Flash memory devices, and integrated circuits for communications and networking applications. Founded in 1969 and based in Sunnyvale, California, AMD had revenues of $2.9 billion in 1999. (NYSE: AMD). AMD is a trademark of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Palm OS is a registered trademark and Palm is a trademark of Palm, Inc. or its subsidiaries. |
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