Evergreen begins shipping PR166 upgrade for Pentiums.CORVALLIS, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 14, 1997-- - Delivers 166 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. "new PC" performance to older Pentium systems for $259 - Evergreen evergreen, term commonly used as synonymous with conifer and applied also to all those broad-leaved plants that bear green leaves throughout the year. Of the latter, most are plants of the tropics, subtropics, and other areas where the growing season is prolonged (e. Technologies, Inc., an industry leader in processor upgrades for personal computers, today began shipping its Evergreen PR166 Processor for Pentiums. By replacing the original Pentium(R) CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. , the PR166 enables many users to boost their 75 MHz and higher Pentium systems to nearly the performance of a brand new 166 MHz Pentium PC. "New PC" Performance Levels Laboratory testing on standard business applications running under Windows(R) 95 shows a 75 MHz Gateway system upgraded with the Evergreen PR166 performs at 93% of a brand new Gateway 166 MHz Pentium system. "The PR166 delivers real value to users of older PCs whose software now demands more processing power," said Kenneth Magee, president and founder of Evergreen Technologies. In addition, similar tests in identical systems show the Evergreen PR166 outperforms Intel(R) MMX (MultiMedia EXtensions) A set of 57 additional instructions built into the Pentium MMX chip for improved multimedia and modem performance by performing mathematical operations on multiple sets of data at the same time (see SIMD). OverDrive (processor) Overdrive - An Intel Pentium processor which fits into a socket designed to accomodate an Intel 486, or into a special upgrade socket on the motherboard. (R) Processors. -0-
Table 1 - Benchmark Results and Price Comparison
Original Intel MMX
Pentium OverDrive
Speed Winstone Speed Winstone SRP
(MHz) Results (MHz) Results
75 20.2 125 27.9 $399
90 23.0 150 31.0 $399
100 24.2 166 32.5 $499
Evergreen PR 166 New Gateway
Upgrade Processor P5-166
Speed Winstone SRP Speed Winstone SRP
(PR Rating) Results (MHz) Results
166 32.6 $259 166 35.2 $1,800 (est.)
Winstone results based on Ziff-Davis Business Winstone(R) 97 under
Windows 95. Original and upgraded system with Intel and Evergreen
processors based on the same Gateway 2000 P5-75 system with 256K
cache, 32 MB RAM. New Gateway 2000 P5-166 PC recently purchased in
Q297with 32 MB SDRAM and 256K cache.
Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the Pre-Qualification The Evergreen PR166 supports millions of 75 MHz and higher brand name Pentium systems including select models from Gateway, Hewlett Packard, Packard Bell See Packard Bell NEC. and others. Until the PR166 supports 100% of the Pentium installed base, users can pre-qualify their system before purchase by downloading downloading - download a software utility from the Evergreen web site at www.evertech.com/pent-dld.html. Alternatively, they can request a disk directly from Evergreen. "Refresh (1) To continuously charge a device that cannot hold its content. CRTs must be refreshed, because the phosphors hold their glow for only a few milliseconds. Dynamic RAM chips require refreshing to maintain their charged bit patterns. See vertical scan frequency and redraw. Cycle" Complements PC Asset Management The Evergreen PR166 is part of Evergreen's overall strategy for Fortune 1000 corporations to implement a refresh cycle as part of PC hardware asset management. By upgrading installed systems, businesses can get the processing boost needed to stay current with software and can delay the costly purchase of new PCs up to 18 months. "The Evergreen PR166 gives corporate IT managers a low cost way to refresh existing PC assets and still provide the functionality of new PCs," said Mike Barton, Evergreen senior vice president of sales. -0-
Table 2 - Comparison of Monthly Amortized Costs
New 166 MHz Evergreen
Pentium PC PR166
Cost $1,800 $259
Time Period (est.) 36 months 18 months
Monthly Amortized Cost $50/mo $14/mo
Pricing, Availability and Support The Evergreen PR166 Processor for Pentiums is available now through selected channels for $259 Suggested Retail Price (SRP SRP - A data link layer protocol. ). It carries a three-year warranty. Additional product information is available from Evergreen Technologies Inc. at 541/757-0934 and via the world wide web at www.evertech.com . Evergreen provides experienced technical support Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 p.m. PST PST Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia, see there . Evergreen Technologies, Inc. Evergreen Technologies, based in Corvallis, Oregon Corvallis (IPA: [ˌkɔɹ ˈvæl ɪs]) is a city located in central western Oregon, USA. It is the county seat of Benton CountyGR6 , is a leading supplier of high-performance, x86 software-compatible processor upgrades for the desktop and portable computer markets. Evergreen's mission, since founding in 1989, is to help consumers and corporations revitalize re·vi·tal·ize tr.v. re·vi·tal·ized, re·vi·tal·iz·ing, re·vi·tal·iz·es To impart new life or vigor to: plans to revitalize inner-city neighborhoods; tried to revitalize a flagging economy. their personal computers at mid-life to get up to 18 months additional life before purchasing new PCs. -0- Evergreen Technologies is a trademark of Evergreen Technologies, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Note to editors: The Winstone(R) 97 benchmark from Ziff-Davis is a system-level, application-based benchmark that measures a PC's overall performance when running today's top-selling, Windows- based 32-bit applications. It runs real 32-bit business applications through a series of scripted activities and uses the time a PC takes to complete those activities to produce its performance scores. CONTACT: Evergreen Technologies Bill Blagdan, 541/757-0934 ext. 245 blagdanb@evertech.com |
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