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PixelFusion First to Utilize Rambus Technology for High Performance Windows NT Graphics Chip
-- PixelFusion Utilizes Rambus Interface to Offer Unprecedented Performance --
BRISTOL, U.K.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 21, 1999-- PixelFusion, Ltd., a semiconductor start-up founded to revolutionize high-performance computing, announced today that it will be the first company to integrate Rambus® technology into a chip designed for the Windows NT professional graphics market. PixelFusion's FUZION(TM) 150 chip, which will ship in Q4 1999, combines the company's innovative FUZION architecture with Rambus' memory technology. The result is unmatched graphics performance for Windows NT systems.
The FUZION 150 chip features four Rambus Channels at access speeds of 1.6 gigabyte per second per Channel, resulting in throughput of 6.4 GB/second between the chip and local memory. FUZION 150's massively parallel architecture takes full advantage of the four channels, delivering more than one-and-a-half teraOPS or three gigaFLOPS of computing power. This unprecedented performance is enabled by Rambus' high memory access speeds and extremely low latency.
''PixelFusion's FUZION 150 chip demonstrates the benefits of Rambus technology for graphics applications requiring increased memory bandwidth and performance,'' said Dave Mooring, vice president and general manager, Personal Computing Division at Rambus Inc. ''PixelFusion's FUZION takes full advantage of the performance scaling capability of Rambus technology to deliver powerful graphics computing solution for Windows NT systems.
Ray McConnell, Engineering director and co-founder of PixelFusion, added, ''Our FUZION architecture makes huge demands on a memory interface. Rambus is the only memory alternative in the market today that could meet our needs for high-bandwidth I/O. In addition, Intellectual Property (IP) licensing is an important part of our corporate strategy. Since Rambus technology is so thoroughly integrated into our FUZION architecture, we are able to provide a complete solution for customers in a wide range of markets who require maximum performance.''
PixelFusion will be selling chips and licensing silicon IP designs to board and system designers worldwide. These OEM partners will integrate Rambus DRAM (RDRAM®) in configurations that support up to 1 gigabyte of memory, in accordance with the AGP Pro specification from Intel. Most major Windows NT workstation manufacturers are expected to adopt this system architecture before the end of 1999.
According to Matt Allard, IHV Program Manager at Intel Workstation Products Group, ''The integration of PixelFusion's FUZION 150 with Rambus technology leverages the power and flexibility of the AGP Pro specification. AGP Pro is designed for high performance and the PixelFusion-Rambus solution delivers just that. This is an exciting breakthrough for Intel Architecture-based workstations.''
About FUZION 150
FUZION 150 is a 50 million transistor chip with 24 megabits of on-chip eDRAM memory, offering maximum performance, features and flexibility. This 0.25 micron, massively parallel, SIMD (Single Instruction Multiple Data) single-chip processor delivers more than one-and-a-half teraOPS or more than three gigaFLOPS of computing power, with 600 gigabytes per second of on-chip memory bandwidth. FUZION 150 is fully programmable, allowing software-driven performance enhancements, rapid new feature development and easy addition of new features for installed systems.
FUZION 150 supports OPEN GL 1.1 and 1.2 and Direct3D 6 and 7, and will be available on graphics cards supporting Windows NT 4, Windows 98 and Windows 2000 beginning in Q4 1999.
About Rambus
Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ: RMBS - news), based in Mountain View, Calif., develops and licenses high-speed chip-to-chip interface technology that enables semiconductor memory devices to keep pace with faster generations of processors and controllers. Providers of Rambus-based integrated circuits include the world's leading DRAM, ASIC and PC controller manufacturers. Currently, eight of the world's top-10 semiconductor companies license Rambus technology. More information on Rambus Inc. and its high-bandwidth interface technology is available at rambus.com.
About PixelFusion
PixelFusion, a fabless semiconductor company, has developed a software-driven, scalable breakthrough chip architecture, FUZION(TM), that the company will use to achieve performance leadership and create a sustainable business through several generations of silicon processes. The company was founded in 1997 by leaders in massively parallel computing and high-performance graphics. PixelFusion's headquarters and R&D facilities are located in Bristol, England, with a sales and marketing office in Silicon Valley and an R&D center in North Carolina. For additional information, contact PixelFusion in the USA at (510) 521-3843, in the UK at +44 (0) 1454 878 740 or visit our Web site at pixelfusion.com. E-mail to: info@pixelfusion.com.
Note: PixelFusion, FUZION and PerfectPixel are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of PixelFusion, Ltd. Rambus and RDRAM are registered trademarks of Rambus Inc. All other products mentioned are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
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Contact:
In the USA
Sterling Communications, Inc.
Ilene Sterns, 408/441-4100
isterns@sterlingpr.com
or
In the UK
PixelFusion, Ltd.
Nancy Averis, 44 (1454) 878740
Info@pixelfusion.com
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