Agilent Technologies Delivers High-Performance ASICs to HP.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 30, 2002 Agilent Technologies This article needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :A) today announced it is delivering high-performance application specific 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. (ASICs) to HP, which is incorporating them into workstations and servers based on the Intel(R) Itanium 2 processor architecture. Agilent used its extensive physical design and manufacturing expertise to meet the performance, cost and time-to-market requirements of the three-chip HP zx1 chipset. "HP's engineering team was challenged to design a chipset that would enable them to deliver workstations and servers optimized for cost, performance and time to market," said James Stewart, vice president and general manager of Agilent's ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) Pronounced "a-sick." A chip that is custom designed for a specific application rather than a general-purpose chip such as a microprocessor. Products Division. "They have accomplished this and we are proud to have played a key role in helping HP meet its design and business objectives." Agilent worked closely with HP to implement the physical design of the HP scalable processor zx1 chipset. Agilent implemented the chips in a 0.18 micron 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, and designed custom AGP-4X, PCI-X (PCI eXtended) An enhanced PCI bus technology originally developed by IBM, HP and Compaq that is backward compatible with existing PCI cards. PCI and 32-bit PCI-X slots are physically the same, and PCI cards can plug into PCI-X slots. and processor pads, as well as custom datapath logic. The three-chip solution consists of the HP zx1 memory and input/output (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 ) controller, the HP zx1 I/O adapter and an optional HP zx1 scalable memory expander. "Agilent has a strong reputation for designing and implementing cost-effective, high-performance ASICs," said Chris Christopher, vice president and general manager of HP's Workstation Global Business Unit. "HP worked with Agilent to design a chipset that enables industry-leading performance, bandwidth and scalability for HP's new line of workstations and servers." With over three decades of ASIC design and manufacturing experience, Agilent offers state-of-the-art hierarchical design methodology and design-for-test capability. The company has an outstanding track record of first-pass success in the design and manufacture of these chips. These strengths, combined with an extensive IP portfolio, facilitate rapid integration of quality, high-performance ASICs for applications including communications, imaging and computing. For more information visit www.agilent.com/semiconductors. About Agilent Technologies Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) is a global technology leader in communications, electronics and life sciences. The company's 37,000 employees serve customers in more than 120 countries. Agilent had net revenue of $8.4 billion in fiscal year 2001. Information about Agilent is available on the Web at www.agilent.com. Intel is a U.S. registered trademark of Intel Corporation. |
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