API and Samsung Technology Advances Power New Compaq AlphaServer GS Series; Delivers Record Breaking Performance to Next-Generation Alpha Servers.Business/Technology Editors CONCORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 19, 2000 API (Alpha Processor, Inc.) and Samsung Electronics Samsung Electronics (SEC, Hangul:삼성전자; KSE: 005930, KSE: 005935, LSE: SMSN, LSE: SMSD) is a South Korean multinational corporation and the world's largest and leading electronics and information technology company. Corporation, leading proponents of the Alpha platform, today announced that Alpha CPU chips manufactured with Samsung's process and manufacturing technologies are powering the Compaq AlphaServer GS Series unveiled on May 16, 2000. This technology advancement delivers on the aggressive Alpha technology roadmap The context of product management The existence of product managers in the product software industry indicates that software is becoming more and more commercialized as a standard product. the three companies set when they jointly announced a $500 million Alpha investment in December 1999. "Compaq's strategic partnership with API and Samsung is key to our Alpha strategy. It allows us to deliver a product that offers the highest performance to our customers," said Jesse Lipcon, vice president of Compaq's Alpha Technology Group. "Our AlphaServer GS Series provides enterprise customers with the tools they need to succeed and shows our continued long-term commitment to Alpha." At initial shipment, the GS Series is powered by up to 32 third generation Alpha microprocessors fabricated in Samsung's 0.25 micron process utilizing 6 metal layers. Compaq, Samsung and API engineers collaborated on the process migration and verification of the design. "Samsung is delivering state-of-the-art process and manufacturing technology that enables Alpha to continue its performance leadership," said Kwang-Pyuk Suh, senior vice president and general manager of the CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. Division within Samsung Electronics Corporation. "This means that the GS Series can take full advantage of increasing processor speed." The Alpha technology roadmap provides for rapid adoption of process advancements. These advancements include: --Incorporation of copper interconnect in the next generation CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) Pronounced "c-moss." The most widely used integrated circuit design. It is found in almost every electronic product from handheld devices to mainframes. process. --Design migration to 0.18 and 0.13 micron processes resulting in smaller and faster transistors. --Advanced packaging technology, such as flip chip A chip packaging technique in which the active area of the chip is "flipped over" facing downward. Instead of facing up and bonded to the package leads with wires from the outside edges of the chip, any surface area of the flip chip can be used for interconnection, which is typically done , to reduce signal paths leading to higher performance which is essential to providing the fast, wide busses characteristic of Alpha systems. --Implementation of Samsung's SOI (Silicon On Insulator) A chip architecture that increases transistor switching speed by reducing capacitance (build-up of electrical charges in the transistor's elements), and thus reducing the discharge time. The power requirement is also reduced in some designs. (Silicon on Insulator See SOI. ) technology to allow higher operating speeds, while reducing the amount of power used. These technologies will allow Alpha to retain its performance leadership and provide investment protection to customers over many generations. About Alpha Processor, Inc. (API) Alpha Processor, Inc., (API), located in Concord, Massachusetts Concord is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, in the United States. As of the 2000 Census, the town population was about 17,000. Although a small town, Concord is noted for its leading roles in American history and literature. , is a leading developer of high-performance solutions for high bandwidth and compute-intensive applications dedicated to the development of Linux solutions for the Internet and High Performance Computing (HPC (Handheld PC) A palmtop computer that weighs less than one pound and runs specialized versions of popular applications. Microsoft coined the term for its Windows CE operating system, which is an abbreviated version of Windows. See Pocket PC. ) markets. Addressing the demand for increased memory and I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output bandwidth to power rapidly expanding computing-heavy applications, API's products are ideal for today's high-performance clustering, rendering, Web server and e-commerce solutions. API's industry-recognized design team is committed to working with leading companies to deliver the highest performance, scalable systems available for VARs and system integrators. For additional information on its products, the company or for the sales contact nearest you, please consult API's Website at www.alpha-processor.com. About Samsung Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., with 1999 sales revenue of US$22.8 billion, is a world leader in the electronics industry. The Korea-based concern has operations in about 50 countries with 54,000 employees worldwide. The company consists of three main business units: Digital Media System, Semiconductors and Information & Communications Businesses. For more information, please visit our website, http://samsungelectronics.com. |
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