AMD to Deliver Integrated Silicon Based on HomePNA Specification.SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 24, 1998-- Home Phoneline Networking Alliance (communications, networking, protocol, standard) Home Phoneline Networking Alliance - (HomePNA) A non-profit association of more than 100 technology companies working together to ensure adoption of a phone line networking standard which should provide high-speed, affordable home Enables Consumers To Use Existing, In -Home Phone Wiring As Communications Channel Also called a "circuit" or "line," it is a pathway over which data are transferred between remote devices. It may refer to the entire physical medium, such as a telephone line, optical fiber, coaxial cable or twisted wire pair, or, it may refer to one of several carrier frequencies for PCs, Peripherals and Digital Appliances 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. , a founding member of the Home Phoneline Networking Alliance (HomePNA), today announced it will deliver single-chip, low-cost silicon implementations based on the Alliance's initial 1Mbps specification for telephone wire networking. Production samples will be available for integration onto motherboards, circuit boards, network interface cards and other consumer electronics devices during the fourth quarter. The HomePNA is a consortium of the leading computing and communications companies working together to ensure the adoption of a single, unified phone line networking standard. The HomePNA has adopted a robust technology based on existing Ethernet standards to support the use of telephone wiring See twisted pair. to network computers, peripherals and digital devices throughout the home. "AMD is committed to helping the HomePNA drive industry standards for phone line networks capable of meeting the growing requirement within the home for easily deployed networking capabilities," said Tom Eby, Group Vice President of AMD's Communications Group. "AMD has a long and successful history of designing, manufacturing and marketing Ethernet-based networking products, including the introduction of the industry's first single-chip Ethernet device. Leveraging this breadth of knowledge and experience provides AMD with the ability to help quickly deliver cost-effective HomePNA compliant networking systems to our customers." "The founding members of the HomePNA provide every piece of the puzzle required to quickly make inexpensive home networking a reality for consumers," said Mark A. Carpenter, Director, Internet and Home Networking, Compaq Computer Corp. "For the HomePNA to be successful, companies like AMD must aggressively develop single-chip solutions enabling low-cost silicon implementations of the HomePNA specification. Traditionally, AMD has demonstrated the design and manufacturing expertise required to embed HomePNA capabilities onto a single piece of silicon." About the HomePNA The HomePNA is an association of industry-leading companies working together to develop and promote technologies and common standards for low-cost, in-home networking over existing phone lines. Founding members include 3Com, AMD, AT&T Wireless, Compaq, Epigram epigram, a short, polished, pithy saying, usually in verse, often with a satiric or paradoxical twist at the end. The term was originally applied by the Greeks to the inscriptions on stones. , Hewlett-Packard, 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) , Intel, Lucent, Rockwell and Tut Systems. Further HomePNA information is available on the Internet via the World Wide Web, www.homepna.org. 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. AMD produces processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices See PLD. , and products for communications and networking applications. Founded in 1969 and based in Sunnyvale, Calif., AMD had revenues of $2.4 billion in 1997. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AMD). 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. Readers may obtain additional information by calling 800/222-9323 or 408/749-5703. AMD, the AMD logo and combinations thereof are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices Inc. 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