Patriot Scientific To Offer Key Potential Customers Its Newest, Most Powerful Microprocessor Chip For Evaluation Starting in Early February
Enhanced .35 Micron - PSC1000A - Is Smallest, Fastest Processor It Has Developed
SAN DIEGO -- January 20, 2000 -- Patriot Scientific Corporation (OTCBB:PTSC), the developer of the first, market-ready microprocessor for Java, today announced that it has received its first run of the smallest and most powerful PSC1000 microprocessor chip now available, the PSC1000A. It said the chip, a .35 micron version of the PSC1000 family that also features several new enhancements, would begin to be offered to key potential customers for evaluation, or "sampling," beginning in early February.
"We have just received our first run of this new processor from our foundry in Taiwan," said Jim Lunney, Patriot's president & CEO. "We have refined and improved this chip since we announced its predecessor earlier last year. We have had strong interest in this new product from potential customers, and we will begin shipping this PSC1000A to a number of significant OEMs worldwide starting next month.
"The release of this new part is consistent with our goal to offer system designers a smaller and faster embedded microprocessor to build into Internet-related applications," Lunney continued.
The latest chips are based upon Patriot's .35 micron PSC1000A Hard core. The company offers both Hard and Soft Cores for licensing, in addition to marketing complete chips. As part of this marketing process, Patriot's microprocessor product line for the first time is being featured in Miller Freeman's newly released IP Catalog for Systems on a Chip (SOC), a highly regarded technology journal referenced by systems designers both online and in hard copy.
"The embedded Java market appears ready to explode," Lunney observed. By designing Patriot's technology into their products, our customers may accelerate their potential to be leaders in this burgeoning marketplace '
Designed to run effectively at 3.3 Volts, the enhanced PSC1000A can also operate at speeds up to 120MHZ, and with several additions to the instruction set relative to the .5 micron PSC1000. The PSC1000A?s low power consumption also makes it an ideal processor for hand held battery-operated products.
Ideal applications for Patriot's PSC1000A include Internet-enabled cell phones, video phones, embedded Web servers, set-top boxes, information kiosks, and a host of other new Internet appliances.
Founded in 1987, Patriot Scientific Corp. designs, markets and manufactures: the PSC1000, based on the patented ShBoom technology, a 32-bit microprocessor targeted at Java and Internet appliances as well as the traditional embedded systems markets; high-performance ISDN Basic Rate and Primary Rate products for digital communications and ground penetrating radar. For more information on Patriot Scientific Corporation, visit ptsc.com.
Java is a registered trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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CONTACT:
Investor Relations/Linda Romero
Patriot Scientific Corporation/ (858) 674-5000 x 235
e-mail: lromero@ptsc.com
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