Best Buy Launches Micronpc.com Millennia Series Performance PC in Time for Holidays; Micronpc.com and Best Buy First to Offer AMD Athlon Combined with DDR Memory in Retail.Business Editors/High Tech Writers NAMPA, Idaho--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 10, 2000 In a move that highlights one of the best features of the retail-direct relationship forged earlier this year between Best Buy Co., Inc., and Micron Electronics, Inc., (Nasdaq:MUEI), the companies this week will be first-to-market in the retail space with a performance PC that features the hottest, fastest technology available -- the 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. Athlon processor with the new memory technology known as Double Data Rate (DDR (Double Data Rate) Refers to an SDRAM memory chip that increases performance by doubling the effective data rate of the frontside bus. For more details, see SDRAM. DDR - Double Data Rate Random Access Memory ) SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) A type of dynamic RAM (DRAM) memory chip that has been widely used since the late 1990s. SDRAM chips eliminated wait states by dividing the chip into two cell blocks and interleaving data between them. . The Micronpc.com Millennia(R) Series PCs are winning industry awards, including PC Magazine's Editor's Choice, and drawing rave reviews -- including one from Winmag.com calling the latest Millennia the "fastest PC on the planet." Using the Computer Creation Station kiosk in Best Buy stores, customers will be able to create a computer configuration with either the 1.2GHz or 1.0GHz Athlon processor and DDR memory. In addition, the pre-configured Millennia B51-1003 equipped with a 1.0 GHz AMD Athlon Processor, 128 MB 200 MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. DDR SDRAM See DDR. , 40GB hard drive, DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. , CDRW See CD-RW. and 16MB Nvidia graphics will be offered at Best Buy stores and at www.BestBuy.com. All systems will be available beginning Sunday November 12. "Best Buy is excited to be selling the world's fastest AMD PCs," said Robert Davidson, vice president of computer merchandising for Best Buy. "We believe micronpc.com systems based on AMD platforms and state-of-the-art DDR memory technology will hold tremendous appeal for buyers seeking unsurpassed performance and value." "Micronpc.com and Best Buy worked closely together to develop and launch this series of performance PCs first in the retail market," said Lyle Jordan, general manager Worldwide Retail Business for micronpc.com. About Micron Electronics Micron Electronics, Inc. (Nasdaq:MUEI)(www.micronpc.com) is a leading Internet-centric computing company, providing award-winning computer products and services, Internet offerings, Web hosting and business-to-business e-commerce applications for the small- and medium-size business, government, education and consumer markets. In addition to its direct business-to-business sales channel, Micron products are sold in partnership with leading retailers nationwide. Micron Electronics and its subsidiaries have more than 3,200 employees and approximately $1.6 billion in fiscal 2000 revenues. The company is based in Nampa, Idaho. More information about the company can be found at http://about.micronpc.com/financials/presentation_10_2000.pdf. About Best Buy Minneapolis-based Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :BBY BBY Best Buy (stock symbol) BBY Before Battle of Yavin (Star Wars) BBY BeBeyond (Chinese online community) ) is the nation's number one specialty retailer of consumer electronics, personal computers, entertainment software and appliances. The Company reaches consumers nationwide through its more than 400 retail stores located in 41 states and online at www.BestBuy.com. Millennia is a registered trademark of Micron Electronics, Inc. AMD, AMD Athlon, and AMD-760 are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Other product names appearing herein are for identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective companies. |
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