Hyundai Electronics America Announces Mass Production of PLL Clock Drivers And Memory Registers for PC-133/PC-100 Registered DIMM.

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 3, 1999--

Hyundai Electronics America (Hyundai) today announced that it has started mass production of phase-locked-loop (PLL) clock drivers and Advanced Low-Voltage CMOS (ALVC) memory registers for PC-133/100 registered Dual In-line Memory Modules (DIMM). These products enable high performance PC or server system designers to move data between the microprocessor and it's DIMM at much faster speeds than is currently possible in today's PCs. The result is a significant improvement in the speed and ultimately, the capability of personal computers and server systems.

The clock driver ICs, designated HCF2509C and HCF2510C, utilize Hyundai's advanced PLL technology to provide zero-delay clock distribution at speeds up to 150 MHz and meet PC-133 SDRAM registered DIMM specification revision level 0.9. The 9-output HCF2509C and the 10-output HCF2510C also support spread spectrum modulation of timing signals - a technique that reduces the system's electromagnetic interference or EMI. Hyundai also has off-the-shelf clock driver products - HC2509C and HC2510C - for PC-100 registered DIMM applications.

The high-performance Hyundai clock driver ICs use 0.35-micron CMOS process and feature low-skew and low-jitter outputs. These devices meet the critical +/-75-ps jitter specification required on PC-133 registered SDRAM DIMMs typical peak-to-peak jitter is only 38-ps.

"Though the maximum operating frequency of Hyundai's clock driver ICs is specified to be 150 MHz, they can be locked up to 200 MHz," said Daniel D. Lee, Director for Hyundai's System IC sales and marketing, "A relatively large power supply margin is another good feature of these products."

In addition to clock driver ICs for PC-133/PC-100 Registered DIMM, Hyundai's ALVC family of logic devices includes two 18-bit memory registers (HG74ALVC16835, HG74ALVC162835) for PC-100 registered DIMM. These Logic devices could be diversified into 16-bit devices (HG74ALVC16334, HG74ALVC162334) or 20-bit device (HG74ALVC162836) so that designers can choose a driver that best fits the bit-width requirements of a specific DIMM design.

Hyundai is now developing PC-133 compliant memory registers, HG74ALVCF162835 and HG74AVC16835, as well as other next generation logic ICs for the double data rate (DDR) applications. Samples will be available in June 1999.

"For high-end workstation and server customers, registered modules using PLL clock distribution devices are the only means available for meeting their needs for very large main memory," said G. C. Ryu, marketing manager for Hyundai's Module IC business. "With its family of PC-133/PC-100 compliant products as well as high quality fast synchronous DRAM, Hyundai offers a total memory solution for high-end PCs and server systems."

About Hyundai Electronics America

Hyundai Electronics America (HEA) is a U.S. subsidiary of Hyundai Electronics Industries Co., Ltd. (HEI) of Ichon, South Korea. Hyundai Electronics(TM) is an industry leader in the development, sales, marketing, and distribution of high-quality semiconductor devices including DRAM, SRAM, Flash memory, and ASICs components. HEA has become the world's second largest DRAM supplier according to International Data Corporation(R) (IDC) and Semico Research Corporation(R) as a result of the successful ramp-up of Hyundai Semiconductor America (HSA), a new HEA wafer fab subsidiary in Eugene, Oregon. Hyundai's low-power SRAMs are designed for the growing market areas of telecommunications, networking, and mobile communications (including cellular telephones). Hyundai's high performance Flash memory family serves increasingly sophisticated applications that are fueling demand for larger non-volatile memory densities and faster access times; offering the industry with ease-of-use, AMD(R)-compatible, JEDEC(TM)-compliant, single-power supply devices. All of Hyundai's memory products are manufactured using the same equipment as found in its high-volume DRAM fabs. This provides Hyundai with better production ramp flexibility and capacity to meet customer demand. HEA is headquartered at 3101 North First Street, San Jose, CA 95134. For more information on Hyundai Electronics America, visit their web site at www.hea.com.

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