Motorola-Compatible; Galvantech Now Offering 1-Meg Synchronous Cache Tag SRAMs.

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 16, 1998--Galvantech, Inc., a fast-growing CMOS SRAM manufacturer, has entered the market for 1-Meg synchronous cache tag SRAMs with an offering which features pipelined output, 3.3V power supply with clocked registered inputs, clock speeds up to 133 MHz, and access times as fast as 4.5nSec.

This 1-Meg SRAM, organized 64K by 18, is available now for immediate delivery.

Called GVT164T18, Galvantech's 1-Meg cache tag SRAM is pin-for-pin compatible with Motorola's BiCMOS MCM69T618 device. The Galvantech memory comes in either 119-lead BGA or 100-pin TQFP packages.

"This CMOS pipelined tag SRAM fits extremely well with MIPS R5000, Pentium Pro(TM), and a range of workstation, networking and graphics accelerator applications," explained David Hayes, Galvantech's director of sales and marketing, who noted it should perform equally as well in a user's system as the Motorola equivalent device.

"Galvantech is in production right now," Hayes added, "thus giving users the most cost-effective equivalents for the highest performance SRAM solutions available in today's market."

Galvantech's GVT7164T18 CMOS tag SRAM integrates 65,536 x 18 SRAM cells with advanced synchronous peripheral circuitry and an 18-bit comparator for tag compare operation. Timing options are available as fast as 4.5nSec access with 7.5nSec cycle time.

The high-speed, lower-power CMOS device from Galvantech operates from a 3.3V power supply. Galvantech's tag SRAM also features automatic power down for portable applications. All inputs and outputs are LVTTL compatible. The memory is ideally suited for address tag RAM for up to 2MB secondary cache applications.

Privately-funded Galvantech was launched in late 1994 by Dr. Frank Lee, a co-founder of both Integrated Device Technology (IDT) and Paradigm Technology. Galvantech's design team lead by Dr. Lee has already established a broad SRAM product line, including several 1-Meg and 4-Meg asynchronous devices and a family of synchronous offerings, which now span 1-Meg, 2-Meg and 4-Meg densities. -0-

For more information, contact Galvantech, Inc. at 3080 Oakmead Village Drive, Santa Clara, CA 95051. Phone [phone] or Fax [phone]. In the Eastern U.S., call 508/660-0688. Or visit Galvantech's web site at www.galvantech.com.

Galvantech, Inc. designs, manufactures and markets leading-edge static random access memories (SRAMs). The company's memory products are available from Galvantech's field sales force, North American distributors Future Electronics and All American; and from a network of U.S. and international sales reps covering all major markets in North America, Europe and Asia.

CONTACT: Galvantech, Inc.

David Hayes, 408/566-0688, ext. 131

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www.galvantech.com

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Hayes Marketing Communications

Larry Hayes or Paul Plansky, 408/871-0135

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