Cahners In-Stat/MDR Announces Intel and Texas Instruments as Recipients of Microprocessor Analysts' Choice Awards.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers Embedded Processor Forum 2002 SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 20, 2002 Cahners In-Stat/MDR (MicroDesign Resources), publisher of the Microprocessor Report, Wednesday announced the fourth and fifth category winners of its fourth annual Analysts' Choice Awards, honoring the best new microprocessor chips and most promising new microprocessor technology unveiled in 2001. In-Stat/MDR's Analysts' Choice Awards, awarded this year in 10 categories, recognize excellence in semiconductor technology innovation, design and implementation. The awards will be formally presented during the week of the Embedded Processor Forum (http://www.mdronline.com/epf), April 29-May 2 in San Jose. The winners (in alphabetical order) in the following categories are: Intel (Nasdaq: INTC INTC Intel (NASDAQ symbol) INTC Intercept INTC Interrupt Controller ) -- Best PC Processor of 2001 Texas Instruments (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : TXN TXN Texas Instruments (stock symbol) TXN Transaction (databases) TXN Tunxi, China (Airport Code) TXN Tarxien (postal locality, Malta) ) -- Best DSP (1) (Digital Signal Processor) A special-purpose CPU used for digital signal processing applications (see definition #2 below). It provides ultra-fast instruction sequences, such as shift and add, and multiply and add, which are commonly used in math-intensive Chip of 2001 Of the PC processors to ship in 2001, Intel's Pentium 4/Northwood has top scores on a large number of benchmarks, including SPEC; the highest clock frequency; more bus bandwidth; has chip set support for three memory types; and was fabricated in advanced 0.13-micron semiconductor process a quarter ahead of its closest competitor. For these reasons, we give Intel's Pentium 4/Northwood the Microprocessor Report Analysts' Choice Award for Best PC Processor of 2001. This award for Northwood also recognizes the significant contributions of the Pentium 4 in 2001: the first 2GHz processor, SSE (1) An earlier full-screen editor in OS/2. (2) (Streaming SIMD Extensions) A series of additional instructions built into Pentium CPU chips for improved multimedia performance by performing mathematical operations on multiple sets of data at the 2 instructions, and accessible pricing. The VLIW (Very Long Instruction Word) A CPU architecture that reads a group of instructions and executes them at the same time. For example, the group (word) might contain four instructions, and the compiler ensures that those four instructions are not dependent on each processor is certainly the most intricate DSP architecture available in 2001. Despite its complexities, TI's design techniques and excellent manufacturing capabilities allow the company to offer a 600MHz (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. machine. Although it runs at twice the operating frequency of the C62x products, the C6414 consumes roughly half the power. MPR (MultiProtocol Router) Software from Novell that provides router capabilities for its NetWare servers. It supports IPX, IP, AppleTalk and OSI protocols as well as all the major LANs and WANs. believes TI's claims its EEMBC EEMBC EDN Embedded Microprocessor Benchmark Consortium (Electronic Design News Magazine) Telemark is substantially better than that of its 300MHz C6203 (with a Telemark of 68.5), even after normalizing for frequency. Combining the TI's C6414's performance and power with the architecture's roadmap, overall value, and development tools makes this device the winner of the Microprocessor Report Analysts' Choice Award for Best DSP Chip of 2001. Each year, Microprocessor Report analysts review and evaluate more than 100 microprocessors, digital-signal processors, and application-specific digital machines. To view a complete listing of the year's nominees in each of the 10 categories please visit the MDR MDR, n See multidrug resistance. MDR, n the abbreviation for minimum daily requirement, specifically the Minimum Daily Requirements for Specific Nutrients compiled by the United States Food and Drug Administration. Web site at http://www.mdronline.com. Cahners In-Stat/MDR (http://www.MDRonline.com) offers a broad range of information resources and analytical assets to technology vendors, service providers, technology professionals, and market specialists worldwide. The company stands alone in its ability to integrate both supply-side and demand-side research methodologies into a single comprehensive view of technology markets and products. This capability relies on a unique ability to cover the entire value chain from engineering-level technology, through equipment, infrastructure, services and end-users. 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