AMD and Sony Win MITI Minister's Award for Cordless Phone Chip.SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--JULY 19, 1995--Advanced Micro Devices announced today it received the 1995 MITI MITI - SQRIBE Minister's Award along with Sony Corporation for the companies' joint development of a single-chip solution for digital cordless telephones A cordless telephone or portable telephone is a telephone with a wireless handset which communicates via radio waves with a base station connected to a fixed telephone line (POTS) and can only be operated near (typically within 100 meters or 328 ft from) its base station . The award from MITI, Japan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry The Ministry of International Trade and Industry (通商産業省 Tsūsho-sangyō-shō or MITI) was one of the most powerful agencies in the Japanese government. , was begun in 1993 and annually recognizes the importance of design-in activities with the aim of promoting sales of foreign-based semiconductors in the Japanese market. Entries for this competition were submitted in late 1994. 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. and Sony were selected from a field of 14 finalists. The chip, AMD's CT2 PhoX digital cordless baseband controller (Am79C410), creates the opportunity for new cordless telephone products that offer business and residential users greater portability, lower power consumption, lower cost and superior sound quality. Because of its high integration, the CT2 PhoX controller replaces up to five components used in existing CT2 systems. When combined with an RF (radio frequency) front end, this chip offers manufacturers a complete CT2 system with minimal engineering effort and fast time to market. Development on this project started in 1992 and was completed in 1994 after model cooperation by engineers from both companies. "Collaboration among everyone involved in this project made it possible for AMD to complete this rather hard product designing activity and for Sony to finish an aggressive product," said Kazuo Sakai, president of AMD Japan. "We will try our best to support our customers and hope to keep winning this type of rewarding design-in." About Sony Sony is the one of the world's leading manufacturers of video and audio equipment, televisions, displays, semiconductors, computers and information-related products. Through Sony Music Entertainment Sony Music Entertainment is a major global record label controlled by the Sony Corporation. In 1988, Sony Corporation acquired CBS Records, Inc. for $2 billion. CBS Inc., now CBS Corporation, retained the rights to the CBS name, and Sony renamed the label , Inc., and Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc., Sony is also involved in music and image-based software. Sony employs 138,000 people worldwide and has consolidated net sales Net Sales The amount a seller receives from the buyer after costs associated with the sale are deducted. Notes: This amount is calculated by subtracting the following items from gross sales: merchandise returned for credit, allowances for damaged or missing goods, freight of more than $44 billion. About AMD Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., is the fourth-largest U.S. merchant-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. . Focusing on the personal and networked computing and communications markets, AMD produces microprocessors and related peripherals, memories, programmable logic devices See PLD. , and circuits for telecommunications and networking applications. AMD has sales offices worldwide and manufacturing facilities in Sunnyvale, Calif.; Austin, Texas; Bangkok, Thailand; Penang, Malaysia; Singapore; Basingstoke, England; and Aizu- Wakamatsu, Japan. -0- Note to Editors: Press announcements and other information about AMD are available on the Internet via the World Wide Web. Type http://www.amd.com at the URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. prompt. Sales information may be obtained by calling 1-800/222-9323 or 408/749-5703. Please do NOT use editor contact or corporate telephone numbers for sales information. CTPhoX is a trademark of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Product names used in this publication are for identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective companies. CONTACT: Advanced Micro Devices Tom Kehoe, 512/602-6882 |
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