SMSC Announces Victory66 South Bridge and VictoryBX-66 Chipset Including Intel North Bridge.

Business/Technology Editors

HAUPPAUGE, NY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 16, 2000

Standard Microsystems Corporation (NASDAQ: SMSC) announced today the availability of production samples of its Victory66 South Bridge and VictoryBX-66 Chipset for PC and embedded applications. The VictoryBX-66 Chipset contains an Intel Memory Controller (North Bridge) and an SMSC I/O Controller (South Bridge) optimized for Intel(R) Pentium(R) II and Pentium III processor-based applications. The VictoryBX-66 chipset is ideal for PC solutions in the high-end notebook and value-oriented desktop segments as well as for embedded solutions.

The VictoryBX-66 Chipset is the first product resulting from a previously announced relationship with Intel Corporation, under which SMSC will sell complete chipset solutions comprised of Intel's leading performance memory controllers and SMSC's value added I/O controllers and System Controller Hubs.

The VictoryBX-66 Chipset is a two-chip set comprised of SMSC's value added Victory66 SLC90E66 I/O Controller and the Intel FW82443BX (440BX) Memory Controller. The Victory66 I/O Controller is pin-compatible with the Intel 82371EB (PIIX4) I/O Controller, allowing for a drop-in upgrade to existing designs and resulting in an extended life cycle.

"The VictoryBX-66 chipset provides a significant performance improvement over what is currently the leading solution for high-end notebook computers," said Andrew Lambrecht, SMSC's Director of Strategic Marketing for Chipset Products. "Because the Victory66 South Bridge and VictoryBX-66 Chipset can be used in existing notebook, desktop, and embedded designs, the performance improvements can significantly extend the life of these existing designs that make up the vast majority of motherboards being shipped today."

"SMSC's Victory66 chipset solution is the first example of how the Intel/SMSC chipset relationship will add unique value for PC design teams," said Tony Sica, Intel's Director of Marketing, Desktop Platforms Group. "By utilizing Intel's high performance memory controllers in combination with SMSC's functionally enhanced I/O controllers, the Intel PC Architecture gains diversity through the ability to target specific application segments."

The Victory66 SLC90E66 South Bridge is the first in the Victory family of PCI-based I/O Controllers. The Victory66 I/O controller provides the following features: PCI-to-ISA Bridge, IDE Hard Drive Controller, Universal Serial Bus (USB) Host Controller, Advanced Power Management, and PC-AT compatible DMA Controller, Real Time Clock, and Interrupt Controller.

The Victory66 offers increased performance with an integrated Ultra ATA/66 IDE controller and an Open Host Controller Interface (OHCI) USB Host Controller. The Ultra ATA/66 IDE Controller provides up to 66 MHz data transfer rates with Ultra ATA/66 hard disk drives. The OHCI USB Host Controller provides improved performance over competitive USB Host Controllers. The Victory66 offers enhanced power management capabilities including improved device management and wake from Power-On Suspend of the USB Host Controller.

The Intel FW82443BX (440BX) North Bridge component of the VictoryBX-66 Chipset offers the high performance expected in today's PCs. The FW82443BX North Bridge provides support for single and dual Pentium II and Pentium III processors, 100 MHz Front Side Bus, 100 MHz SDRAM, AGP 1.0 (2x), and a 32-bit PCI host.

The VictoryBX-66 chipset is complemented with SMSC's complete family of ISA-based System Controller Hub devices. Comprehensive BIOS support is available for the Victory66 I/O Controller from AMI and Phoenix (including both Phoenix and Award BIOS families).

Price, Package and Availability

The Victory66 SLC90E66 is packaged in a 324-ball Plastic Ball Grid Array (PBGA) package and the FW82443BX is packaged in a 492-ball BGA. The two piece VictoryBX-66 Chipset is priced at $29.00 in quantities of 10,000 or the stand-alone Victory66 I/O Controller (South Bridge) is priced at $14.50 in quantities of 10,000. Production samples are available immediately, as are a full suite of software drivers, datasheets, and field application engineering support. Please contact your local SMSC sales office for more information.

About SMSC

Standard Microsystems Corporation is a worldwide supplier of metal-oxide-semiconductor/very large scale integrated (MOS/VLSI) circuits for the personal computer, peripherals and embedded systems marketplaces. The Company's products provide solutions in Personal Computer Input/Output (PC I/O), PC Systems Logic, USB Connectivity, Local Area Networking and Embedded Control Systems. SMSC is the world's leading supplier of PC I/O integrated circuits.

Standard Microsystems is based in Hauppauge, New York and maintains offices worldwide, including locations in North America, Asia, Europe and Japan. SMSC operates engineering design centers in San Jose, CA; Westborough, MA; Hauppauge, NY and Austin, TX. More information about the Company is available on the World Wide Web at http://www.smsc.com.

Forward Looking Statements:

Except for historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this announcement are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including the timely development and market acceptance of new products, the impact of competitive products and pricing, the effect of changing economic conditions, and such risks and uncertainties as are detailed from time to time in the Company's reports filed with the SEC. Investors are advised to read the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, particularly those sections entitled "Other Factors That May Affect Future Operating Results" for a more complete discussion of these and other risks and uncertainties.

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