SiS Launches R659 Four-Channel RDRAM Chipset; Chipset Offers 50 Percent Higher Memory Bandwidth Versus Competition.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers Rambus Developer Forum TAIPEI, Taiwan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 6, 2003 Silicon Integrated Systems Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS, Traditional Chinese: 矽統科技) is a company that manufactures, among other things, motherboard chipsets. The company was founded in 1987 in Hsinchu Science Park, Taiwan. Corp. (SiS), a leading provider of core logic chips, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the world leader in advanced semiconductor memory technology, and Rambus Inc. (Nasdaq:RMBS RMBS Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities RMBS Rambus, Inc. (NASDAQ stock symbol) RMBS Russian Mortgage-Backed Securities ), a leading developer of chip-to-chip interface products and services, announced the availability of the SiSR659 chipset, targeted at high-performance computing and multimedia gaming markets. In addition to providing the highest memory performance, the SiSR659 chipset is also the first PC chipset to incorporate a dynamic look-ahead buffer and adaptive page management to significantly improve memory access speed. "The SiSR659 chipset combines unprecedented performance and features for desktop PCs," said Michael Chen, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of SiS. "SiS and Rambus continue to develop innovative 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. chipsets that will enhance the computing experience." For performance across a wide range of applications, the SiSR659 chipset supports Pentium(R) 4 processors with 800MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. front side bus, and features a low-latency architecture with Advanced HyperStreaming(TM) Engine (AHSE AHSE Advances in Health Sciences Education (journal) AHSE Assembly and Handling Support Equipment AHSE Advanced Hyper Streaming Engine ) technology. "The SiS chipset featuring four-channel RDRAM and Samsung high-speed RDRAM modules provides PC OEMs and system integrators the competitive advantage for building top-performing PCs," said Tom Quinn, vice president of marketing, Samsung Semiconductor Inc. Available for mass production, the SiSR659 chipset drives four channels of 1200MHz RDRAM memory resulting in 9.6GByte/sec of memory bandwidth. "With the four-channel architecture, RDRAM memory reclaims the lead as the top-performing solution for PC computing, bringing 50 percent higher bandwidth than dual-channel DDR (Double Data Rate) Refers to an SDRAM memory chip that increases performance by doubling the effective data rate of the frontside bus. For more details, see SDRAM. DDR - Double Data Rate Random Access Memory memory," said Laura Stark, vice president of the Memory Interface Division at Rambus. "The SiSR659 chipset is another example of the commitment to innovation that SiS, Samsung and Rambus have made to advance PC computing." The SiSR659 chipset achieves unmatched performance using standard commodity RIMM (Rambus Inline Memory Module) See RDRAM. See also RIM. modules available today and already supported by the industry. This latest RDRAM solution pairs the SiSR659 with the SiS964 south bridge, which integrates USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. 2.0 with up to eight ports and Serial ATA features. About Silicon Integrated Systems Corp. (SiS) Silicon Integrated Systems Corp. (SiS) is a worldwide leader in the development and marketing of leading-edge logic products, including core logic, multimedia, communication and information appliances. The company was founded in 1987 in the Hsin-Chu Science-based Industrial Park in Taiwan and has been listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSEC) Established in 1961, the only centralized securities market in Taiwan. (TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). 2363) since August 1997. For more information, please visit www.sis.com. About Rambus Inc. Rambus is a leading provider of chip-to-chip interface products and services. The company's breakthrough technology and engineering expertise have helped leading chip and system companies to solve their challenging interface problems and bring industry-leading products to market. Rambus' interface solutions can be found in hundreds of computing, consumer electronic and networking products. Additional information is available at www.rambus.com. About Samsung Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in semiconductor, telecommunication, and digital convergence technology. Samsung Electronics employs approximately 64,000 people in 89 offices in 47 countries. Samsung Electronics is the world's leading producer of advanced semiconductors, TFT-LCDs, CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) A method for transmitting simultaneous signals over a shared portion of the spectrum. The foremost application of CDMA is the digital cellular phone technology from QUALCOMM that operates in the 800 MHz band and 1.9 GHz PCS band. mobile phones, monitors and VCRs. Samsung Electronics consists of four main business units: Device Solution Network, Digital Media Network, Telecommunication Network and Digital Appliance Network Businesses. The Device Solution Network specializes in semiconductor and TFT LCD display products for industrial, mobile and advanced computing applications, offering a full line of key solutions of DRAMs, SRAMs, Display Driver ICs, Smart Card ICs, TFT LCD panels and Flash memories. The Device Solution Network operates 11 overseas sales subsidiaries and mass production facilities to maximize on hand customer support. For more information, visit our website at http://www.samsungsemi.com. Samsung Semiconductor Inc., a wholly owned U.S. subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., is located in San Jose, Calif. More information can be found at http://www.usa.samsungsemi.com/. |
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