Intersil Selected to Power Gigabyte's New Titan Pentium 4 Motherboards; Intersil's Endura Solutions Selected for Efficiency and Reliability to Ensure Customer's Product Quality.Business Editors/Technology Writers IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 23, 2001 Intersil Corporation (Nasdaq:ISIL ISIL International Society for Individual Liberty ISIL Interim Support Items List ISIL Intelligence Systems Integration Laboratory (Ft. Huachuca, Arizona; US Army facility for integrating intelligence systems) ), a leading provider of power management solutions for PCs, file servers and portable information appliances, today announced that Intersil's Endura(TM) highly-efficient multiphase Mul´ti`phase a. 1. (Elec.) Having many phases; Adj. 1. multiphase - of an electrical system that uses or generates two or more alternating voltages of the same frequency but differing in phase angle Pulse Width Modulation See PWM. (PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) A modulation technique that generates variable-width pulses to represent the amplitude of an analog input signal. Like its fixed-width pulse density modulation (PDM) cousin, the output switching transistor is on more of the time for a ) controllers, drivers, and ancillary regulators have been selected by Gigabyte Technology Gigabyte (or Giga-byte) Technology is a Taiwan-based manufacturer of computer hardware products best known for its motherboards. The company is publicly held and traded on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (2376.TW). Co. Ltd., one of the world's leading motherboard manufacturers, to power the new Gigabyte Titan Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (storage) Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory - (SDRAM, Synchronous DRAM) A form of DRAM which adds a separate clock signal to the control signals. SDRAM chips can contain more complex state machines, allowing them to support "burst" access modes that clock out a series of (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. ) and Rambus(R) Dynamic Random Access Memory Dynamic random access memory (DRAM) is a type of random access memory that stores each bit of data in a separate capacitor within an integrated circuit. Since real capacitors leak charge, the information eventually fades unless the capacitor charge is refreshed periodically. (RDRAM (Rambus DRAM) Pronounced "r-d-ram." A dynamic RAM chip technology from Rambus, Inc., Los Altos, CA (www.rambus.com). Rambus licensed its memory designs to semiconductor companies, which manufactured the chips. (R)) motherboards. "Gigabyte's selection of Intersil as their sole supplier of power control products for their Titan motherboards is a significant validation of Intersil's technical expertise for producing innovative high-quality products," said Rick Furtney, vice president and general manager of Intersil's Analog Business Unit. "Gigabyte is well known as a world leader in motherboard innovation offering a very high value to price ratio. They have earned a reputation for quality and enjoy worldwide sales through innumerable outlets. We are pleased to have such a strong partnership established with them." Gigabyte's New SDRAM and RDRAM Motherboards The Gigabyte Titan GA-8IDXH motherboard is based on the Intel 845 chip set, SDRAM and the Intel Pentium 4 Socket 478. The board includes: multilingual BIOS for worldwide use, flash BIOS A PC BIOS stored in a flash memory chip rather than a ROM chip. Years ago, the flash BIOS replaced the ROM BIOS to allow for updating in place. Updating a ROM BIOS meant removing the chip and replacing it with a newer version. See BIOS and flash memory. for easy upgrade, three DIMM (Dual In-Line Memory Module) A printed circuit board that holds memory chips and plugs into a DIMM socket on the motherboard. See memory module. DIMM - Dual In-Line Memory Module sockets for up to 3 GB of PC133 SDRAM, 4-channel sound for excellent audio, built in LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. chip for networking, one CNR See riser card. CNR - Communication and Network Riser slot, one AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) A high-speed 32-bit port from Intel for attaching a display adapter to a PC. It provides a direct connection between the card and memory, and only one AGP slot is on the motherboard. 4X slot, six PCI slots and four USB ports for easy device expansion. The Gigabyte Titan GA-8ITXR motherboard is based on the Intel 850 chip set, RDRAM and the Intel Pentium 4 Socket 478. The board includes: multilingual BIOS for worldwide use, flash BIOS for easy upgrade, four RIMM (Rambus Inline Memory Module) See RDRAM. See also RIM. sockets for up to 2 GB of RDRAM, 4-channel sound plus an AC97 codec (1) (enCOder/DECoder) A hardware circuit that performs analog-to-digital conversion (ADC) and digital-to-analog (DAC) conversion. When analog signals are entered into a computer, cellphone or other device via a microphone or video source such as VHS tape or analog TV, for excellent audio, built in LAN chip for networking, one CNR slot, one AGP 4X slot, six PCI slots, four USB ports for easy peripheral connection, and an onboard RAID chip plus four IDE ports for server applications. "Gigabyte's corporate vision is to become the world's number one motherboard maker and eventually to gain prestige as the most valuable information products supplier in the world," said Richard Ma, president of Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. "To achieve these goals, we must ensure the quality of our products and maintain a high value to price ratio. That is why we selected Intersil's Endura power products to power our most prized Titan motherboards. It's a partnership in quality." Intersil's Power Solution for Gigabyte's Titan Motherboards The total power solution for Gigabyte's Titan motherboards includes the world's most advanced and efficient multiphase chip sets for the latest Intel Pentium 4 technology and chip sets. The Pentium 4 processor's power is precisely regulated using Intersil's Endura HIP6301 four-phase PWM controller combined with the Endura HIP6601A synchronous rectified buck n-channel MOSFET (Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor) The most popular and widely used type of field effect transistor (see FET). MOSFETs are either NMOS (n-channel) or PMOS (p-channel) transistors, which are fabricated as individually packaged drivers. This combination provides the most balanced and efficient core supply in existence today. Endura multiphase chipsets enable the industry's highest-performance lowest-cost Pentium 4 core regulator. The reference design enables the quick and easy transfer of the core regulator layout from one motherboard to another which greatly reduces the customer's costs and time to market. Intersil Power Management Technology The Intersil Endura product family consists of leading power management solutions for desktop and mobile PCs, workstations, Internet appliances, RAID systems and high-availability servers. The Endura family includes high-efficiency solutions that are used in portable PCs and mobile information appliances as well as residential gateway products. Intersil's leadership position has grown, capturing over 50 percent of the Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 processors and providing power management solutions for next generation desktop, portable and wireless communications wireless communications System using radio-frequency, infrared, microwave, or other types of electromagnetic or acoustic waves in place of wires, cables, or fibre optics to transmit signals or data. devices. The company is the first to introduce a complete cost effective power solution for new and next generation PCs that uses a multiphase power configuration to achieve unparalleled precision and efficiency. Learn more about Intersil's Endura products at: http://www.intersil.com/endura. About Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. Founded in 1986 and based in Taiwan, Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. has become a world leader in PC and server motherboard manufacturing. The company's rapid growth has been frequently recognized with many honors and awards. Gigabyte is well known for: a high product performance to price ratio, rapid and flexible supply capability to meet market demands, high standards of continuous quality improvement, and prompt, long-lasting and extensive customer service. The company has extensive research and development and manufacturing resources that are leveraged to expand products into other areas of information technology while maintaining a leadership position in the PC and server arenas. About Intersil Intersil is a global leader in designing innovative wireless networking See wireless network. and high performance analog solutions that enable wireless access to video, data and voice in homes, offices and public places. Creating advanced power management products, Intersil provides reliable solutions for file servers, portable information appliances and over half of all computer microprocessors manufactured today. With a rich high performance analog and mixed signal portfolio, Intersil brings added value Added value in financial analysis of shares is to be distinguished from value added. Used as a measure of shareholder value, calculated using the formula:
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