Energize Your PC With the 1.1GHz AMD Athlon Processor.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 28, 2000 More than 10 OEMs Worldwide Plan to Offer Systems Powered by the 1.1GHz 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(TM) Processor, Including Compaq, Fujitsu Siemens Computers Fujitsu Siemens Computers is a Japanese and German IT vendor, selling consumer and business computing products in the markets of Europe, the Middle East and Africa (products marketed elsewhere are sold under the Fujitsu brand). , Gateway, HP and IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) AMD today announced the availability of 1.1GHz (1,100MHz (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. ) AMD Athlon(TM) processor-based systems. More than 10 computer manufacturers worldwide plan to offer PCs featuring the 1.1GHz AMD Athlon processor, including Compaq, Fujitsu Siemens Computers, Gateway, HP, IBM, Boldata, Caliber, DACCO DACCO Drug Abuse Comprehensive Coordinating Office (Florida) , Everex, Kaltech, Mesh, Micro Express, Mitsuba, SPC 1. (business) SPC - Statistical Process Control. Something to do with quality management. 2. (body) SPC - Software Productivity Centre. 3. (company) SPC - Software Publishing Corporation. 4. , Systemax, Time, U-Tron and Xi. Eight manufacturers -- Gateway, Caliber, Micro Express, Mitsuba, SPC, Time, U-Tron and Xi -- are immediately taking orders for these systems. Hundreds of computer manufacturers worldwide currently offer AMD Athlon processor-based PCs, reinforcing AMD's leadership position in providing high volumes of high-frequency processors to the marketplace. Industry support for AMD's Socket A The motherboard receptacle for Duron and newer Athlon CPU chips from AMD. It uses a 462-pin PGA package. See Slot A. infrastructure also continues to grow. AMD has validated more than 10 motherboards that can support Socket A, and AMD is working with more than 40 vendors to develop motherboards supporting AMD's Socket A design. "By supplying the highest performing PC processors in volume, AMD has reshaped the performance segment of the market, which now extends from 800MHz to 1.1GHz. Because of AMD's superior product architectures, manufacturing ability, and outstanding execution, at any system price point, business and home users will get a more powerful PC with an AMD processor-based system," said Rob Herb, executive vice president of AMD. The AMD Athlon processor continues to power the next-generation in computing platforms, delivering the ultimate performance for cutting-edge applications and an unprecedented x86 computing experience. The 1.1GHz AMD Athlon processor offers up to 10 percent more performance than the 1GHz AMD Athlon processor on relevant industry standard benchmarks. "The AMD Athlon processor's performance is setting an industry standard for creative professionals -- Web designers, multimedia developers, desktop publishers, and digital imaging and graphic artists," said David Somo, vice president of marketing for the Computation Products Group at AMD. "The 1.1GHz AMD Athlon processor will continue in that vein, allowing PCs to keep pace with the imagination, and allowing creative professionals to do what they do best -- create." Computer Manufacturers Offer 1.1GHz AMD Athlon Processor "The Compaq Presario Presario is a series of desktop computers and notebooks from Compaq. The Presario family of computers was launched for the consumer marketplace in September 1993. Although HP has since acquired Compaq, the Presario name was not discontinued due to its marketability. 7000 Series appeals to consumers who require unabashed speed and high performance for multimedia, digital video editing See nonlinear video editing and video editor. applications and power gaming," said Mark Vena, Director of Consumer Desktop Product Marketing, Compaq Computer Corporation (company) Compaq Computer Corporation - The largest US manufacturer and vendor of IBM PC compatible personal computers and servers. Compaq was started in 1982 by three ex-Texas Instruments employees. Quarterly sales $2499M, profits $210M (Aug 1994). http://compaq.com/. . "With the addition of the new 1.1GHz AMD Athlon processor to its formidable lineup of performance-oriented PCs, Compaq continues to enhance the Presario brand's reputation for leading-edge power and value." "HP has been very pleased with the power and pure performance of the AMD Athlon processor for the HP Pavilion home PC family," said Larry Wuerz, Worldwide Manufacturing Manager for HP's Home Products Division. "We expect the new 1.1GHz AMD Athlon processor to be a great addition to the HP Pavilion home PC family." "As a leading OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and , Fujitsu Siemens Computers will offer the new 1.1GHz AMD Athlon processor in its xpert-Line of PCs. This will enable Fujitsu Siemens Computers to offer professional users and PC enthusiasts a product that combines cutting edge performance with a fair price," said Achim Berg, Managing Director and Vice President, Fujitsu Siemens Computers, Germany. AMD Athlon Awards The AMD Athlon processor, and systems based on it, have won close to 60 awards worldwide. For a listing of awards, please visit http://www.amd.com/products/cpg/athlon/awards/athlon.html About the AMD Athlon Processor The AMD Athlon processor is an x86-compatible, seventh-generation design featuring a superpipelined, nine-issue superscalar A CPU architecture that allows more than one instruction to be executed in one clock cycle. See pipeline processing. (architecture) superscalar - A superscalar architecture is a uniprocessor that can execute two or more scalar operations in parallel. microarchitecture optimized for high clock frequency; the industry's first fully pipelined, superscalar floating point unit for x86 platforms; high-performance cache architecture, now featuring 256KB of on-chip level (L2) cache and 128KB of on-chip level (L1) cache; enhanced 3DNow!(TM) technology with 24 additional instructions A charge given to a jury by a judge after the original instructions to explain the law and guide the jury in its decision making. Additional instructions are frequently needed after the jury has begun deliberations and finds that it has a question concerning the evidence, a designed to improve integer math calculations, data movement for Internet streaming, and 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 communications; and a 200MHz system interface based on the Alpha(TM) EV6 bus protocol with support for scalable multiprocessing. AMD Athlon processors are manufactured using AMD's 0.18-micron process technology in Fab 25 in Austin, Texas and AMD's 0.18 micron technology in Fab 30 in Dresden, Germany. About AMD AMD is a global supplier of integrated circuits for the personal and networked computer and communications markets with manufacturing facilities in the United States, Europe, Japan, and Asia. AMD produces microprocessors, flash memory devices, and support circuitry for communications and networking applications. Founded in 1969 and based in Sunnyvale, California, AMD had revenues of $2.9 billion in 1999. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AMD). Visit AMD on the Web For more information about today's announcement, please visit our virtual pressroom at http://www.amd.com/news/virtualpress/index.html. Additional press releases and information about AMD and its products are available at: http://www.amd.com/news/news.html Cautionary Statement This release contains forward-looking statements, which are made pursuant to the safe harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. 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Forward-looking statements in this release include the risks that AMD will not be able to continue to produce increasingly higher frequency processors in the volume or mix that customers require, that the current plans of computer manufacturers to offer PCs featuring the 1.1GHz AMD Athlon processor will change, that industry support for AMD's Socket A infrastructure will not continue to grow or will not grow adequately to support AMD's production and marketing plans, and more generally that AMD will not be able to sustain a leadership position in providing high volumes of high-frequency processors to the marketplace. We urge investors to review in detail the risks and uncertainties in the Company's filings with the United States Securities Exchange Commission. Note to Editors: AMD, the AMD logo, AMD Athlon, 3DNow! and combinations thereof, are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. in the U.S. and other jurisdictions. Alpha is a trademark of Digital Equipment Corp. 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