NexGen announces 33 additional OEMs to sell Nx586 processor-based 5th generation systems; accelerated rate of commitments by personal computer OEMs for affordable new Pentium alternative with 'superior value proposition'.MILPITAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. ?, 1995--NexGen today announced 33 additional personal computer OEMs have started selling Nx586 processor-based PCs. In total, 71 PC manufacturers worldwide now sell Nx586 processor-based PCs offering Pentium-level performance at typical price points between $1,500 and $2,500, a nearly 87% increase over the number of OEMs the company had signed up prior to the recent Comdex. Most notable of the new additions in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. are: Liuski International of Melville, N.Y., a $500-million-plus reseller that is focusing on the value-added reseller A value-added reseller (VAR) is a company that adds some feature(s) to an existing product(s), then resells it (usually to end-users) as an integrated product or complete "turn-key" solution. (VAR) market; Fry's Electronics Fry's Electronics is a specialty retailer of software, consumer electronics, computer hardware and household appliances with a chain of superstores headquartered in Silicon Valley. Starting with one store located in Sunnyvale, California, USA, the chain now boasts sales of $2. , San Jose San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif., an electronics superstore chain; and the first outlet of national chain Radio Shack See RadioShack. (S.I.I. Radio Shack, Truth or Consequences Not to be confused with the parlor game called Consequences. For the town of Truth or Consequences, see Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. For the 1997 film, see Truth or Consequences, N.M. (film). , N.M.). Internationally, NexGen has established beachheads in three new countries, Canada, Hungary and South Africa, with the addition of JITEC JITEC Japan Information Technology Engineers Examination Center JITEC Joint Industry Training and Education Council JITEC Joint Information Technology Experts Committee Corp., Computer Parts and Stamford Computers, respectively. Additionally, NexGen has enhanced its coverage in Germany with the naming of Kobi Computer and Nettwork Computer, both in Kiel. They join Actebis and Aquarius, Germany's third and fifth largest PC manufacturers, respectively, who were already giving NexGen a strong presence in this important European market. Among the other new U.S.-based OEMs now offering Nx586-based PCs are: A2 Industries, Computer Parts Plus, System Design Computers, and U.S. Microtech, all in California; Add Tech Computer Inc., Nexel Systems, TAP, and Nictrix Corp., all in New Jersey; Net Computers International, Omni-Teq, and The Missing Byte Computers, all in Texas; AddNet Computer, Ecklektik PCs, and Mandi Corp., all in Arizona; M.E.C. and Megabyte International, both in Georgia; Alpine Computer Center (Illinois); Baillio's Inc. (Albuquerque, N.M.); City Computers (Maryland); Computer Components (Middleton, Wis.); Computer Discount Mart (Indiana); FYI "For your information." See digispeak. FYI - For Your Information Computer Source (Ohio); Gateway USA (Colorado); Regnis Inc. (Florida); and Robotech Inc. (Utah). Commenting on the accelerated rate of commitments by PC OEMs planning to use NexGen's fifth-generation performance, x86-compatible processors, Atiq Raza, president and chief executive officer said: "Once we began shipping production volume of the Nx586 processor family, we expected PC 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 adoption to grow rapidly. But the current rate of sign-ups, since Comdex, has surpassed our expectations." NexGen continues to experience "an avalanche of demand and interest activity," Raza said, that is not limited to a particular customer segment, but is coming from new Tier 1 and Tier 2 companies, as well. "An increasing number of PC OEMs are demanding our Pentium alternative. They recognize the value to their customers is associated with their own name and branded systems, rather than with the name on the microprocessor inside" and, he added, "thus are adopting our Nx586 because of the superior value proposition these products bring to end-users." The Nx586, which entered volume production in September at P100, P90, P80 and P75 performance levels, is the only Pentium alternative currently in production and shipping in volume. Manufactured for NexGen by 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) Microelectronics, the Nx586 processor family offers the highest levels of x86 performance available. The products are being offered at aggressive prices to allow for widespread adoption by mainstream PC OEMs and end-users. NexGen Inc., founded in 1986, develops and utilizes industry-leading processor technologies to deliver high performance x86 processors to mainstream PC users. The Milpitas-based company currently holds many patents for its leading-edge x86 processor technology and has several more patents in process. NexGen is funded by several blue chip technology investors including Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield and Byers, ASCII ASCII or American Standard Code for Information Interchange, a set of codes used to represent letters, numbers, a few symbols, and control characters. Originally designed for teletype operations, it has found wide application in computers. Corp., Compaq Computer Corp., Olivetti Corp., PaineWebber Inc. and Harvard Management Co. For product information, call 800/8NEXGEN (800/863-9436) or 408/435-0202. CONTACT: NexGen Inc., Milpitas
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