Alliance Intends to Vigorously Defend Against AMD Lawsuit.SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 16, 1996--Alliance Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :ALSC ALSC Association for Library Service to Children ALSC Adirondack Lakes Survey Corporation ALSC Afloat Logistics and Sealift Capability ALSC American Lumber Standards Committee, Inc. ALSC Advanced Logistics Systems Center (AFMC) ) announced that a lawsuit was served today by Advanced Micro Devices Inc. alleging infringement of two 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. patents by certain flash memory products. The company announced that it intends to vigorously defend against the action, and that it does not believe the action will have a material effect on the financial condition of the company. Alliance Semiconductor Corporation is a leading supplier of high performance memory and memory intensive logic products. The company designs, develops, and manufactures its products using advanced 0.5 micron and below CMOS technology, with many of its leading edge products being developed using advanced 0.35 micron CMOS technology. The company manufactures its products through a combination of independent manufacturing facilities and joint ventures. The company markets its products to the desktop and portable computing, networking, telecommunications and instrumentation markets. The company's four, core product lines are Static Random Access Memory Static random access memory (SRAM) is a type of semiconductor memory. The word "static" indicates that the memory retains its contents as long as power remains applied, unlike dynamic RAM (DRAM) that needs to be periodically refreshed (nevertheless, SRAM should not be confused with (SRAM), Dynamic Random Access Memory Dynamic random access memory (DRAM) is a type of random access memory that stores each bit of data in a separate capacitor within an integrated circuit. Since real capacitors leak charge, the information eventually fades unless the capacitor charge is refreshed periodically. (DRAM), Flash Memory and Multimedia Graphics. Company information can be found on Alliance Semiconductor's home page: http://www.alsc.com . CONTACT: Alliance Semiconductor Corporation, San Jose Janine Whittington, 408/383-4900 |
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