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AMD DEMONSTRATES 1.1GHz AMD ATHLON[tm] PROCESSOR
- AMD Athlon[tm] Processor Built on Advanced Copper Technology Shatters GigaHertz (1000MHz) Barrier-
SUNNYVALE, CA--February 7, 2000--AMD today demonstrated a 1.1 GHz(1100 MHz) version of the AMD Athlon[tm] processor manufactured in its Fab 30
facility in Dresden, Germany. The demonstration featured the newest version of the AMD Athlon processor that integrates high-performance on-die Level 2
(L2) cache. The device is manufactured utilizing AMD's leading-edge HiP6L 0.18 micron process technology featuring copper interconnects. The
demonstration required no special cooling techniques and was shown in conjunction with a presentation at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference
(ISSCC).
"The demonstration of a 1.1GHz AMD Athlon processor manufactured in AMD's Dresden facility shows we are executing on our process technology and
Dresden production roadmaps," said Larry Hollatz, group vice president of Computation Products at AMD. "We continue to aggressively advance the
technologies that enable future AMD processors to deliver superior performance levels."
AMD continues to expect first revenues from AMD Athlon family processors produced in Fab 30 utilizing its leading edge HiP6L 0.18 copper interconnect
technology at the end of the second quarter of 2000.
AMD Athlon[tm] Processor Awards Around the World
The AMD Athlon processor and AMD Athlon processor-based systems have received 35 awards from eight different countries spanning four continents. The
following is a listing of the AMD Athlon processor and AMD Athlon processor-based awards:
AMD Athlon Processor Awards
Analyst's Choice Award - Best PC Processor, Microprocessor Report, January 2000
Technical Excellence - Best Component (Hardware Category), PC Magazine, November 1999
CPU of the Year, Maximum PC, December 1999
Best Product of 1999 (Hardware), Windows NT Systems, January 2000
All-Star Award, Cadalyst, December 1999
Wired for 3D Editors' Choice, 3D Magazine, January 2000
Attaboy Award - Product of the Year, Houston Chronicle, December 1999
Technical Excellence - Best Component (Hardware Category), PC Magazine en Espanol, December 1999
Best Overall Product of the Year, PC Magazine (UK), December 1999
Best System Design - Processor, PC Magazine (UK), December 1999
Product of the Year, PC Expert (France), January 2000
Technical Excellence - Hardware and Component Category, PC Expert (France), January 2000
Year 2000 Star Product (New Technology Category), Info PC (France), January 2000
Overall Product of the Year, Info PC (France), January 2000
Editors' Choice, Generation PC (France), January 2000
Product of the Year, PC Compatibles (France), December 1999
Product of the Year - Processor, PC Direct (France), January 2000
Product of the Year 2000, PC Achat (France), January 2000
Product of the Year, PC World (Denmark), December 1999
Product of the Year, PC World (Norway), December 1999
Best CPU for Desktops, PC World Komputer (Poland), December 1999
Technology Product of the Year, PC Kurier (Poland), January 2000
Millennium Award, Personal Computer Magazine (The Netherlands), January 2000
Best of Comdex (Israel), December 1999
Best of World PC Expo 99 (Japan), Nikkei BYTE/Nikkei WinPC Magazine, September 1999.
AMD Athlon Processor-based Awards
State-of-the-Art Desktop PC: Compaq Presario 5861, PC Computing, November 1999
Editors' Choice Award (Desktop PCs): TCE K7-600, Computer Reseller News, September 1999
#1 Midrange PC: Micro Express's MicroFlex-550B, PC World, January 2000
Best Hardware of 1999: Polywell Poly 800K7-700, CNET.com, December 1999
System of the Year: CyberMax Enthusiast AP6 650 MHz Athlon, Maximum PC, December 1999
Attaboy Award - Best Consumer PC: Compaq Presario 5900Z, Houston Chronicle, December 1999
Cadalyst Labs 5-Star (out of a possible 5 stars) Highly Recommended Workstation: Polywell 800K7-6501 (with an AMD Athlon 650 MHz processor),
Sys Performance 600A (AMD Athlon 600 MHz processor), and XI Computer 650K MTower SP (AMD Athlon 650 MHz processor)
Ultimate Game Machine (co-winner): Falcon Northwest Computers, Computer Gaming World, December 1999.
About the AMD Athlon Processor
The AMD Athlon processor is an x86-compatible, seventh-generation design featuring a superpipelined, nine-issue superscalar microarchitecture optimized
for high clock frequency; the industry's first fully pipelined, superscalar floating point unit for x86 platforms; high-performance cache technology, including
128KB of on-chip level (L1) cache and a programmable, high-performance backside L2 cache interface; enhanced 3DNow![tm] technology with 24 additional
instructions designed to improve integer math calculations, data movement for Internet streaming, and DSP communications; and the AMD Athlon system
bus - a 200MHz system interface based on the Alpha[tm] EV6 bus protocol with support for scalable multiprocessing.
All new AMD Athlon processors are now manufactured on AMD's aluminum 0.18-micron process technology in Fab 25 in Austin, Texas.
Cautionary Statement
This release contains forward-looking statements, which are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are generally preceded by words such as "plans," "expects," "believes," "anticipates" or "intends."
Investors are cautioned that all forward-looking statements in this release involve risks and uncertainty that could cause actual results to differ materially
from current expectations. Forward-looking statements in this release include the risk AMD may not continue to timely execute on its process technology and
Dresden production roadmap, that AMD may not successfully introduce commercially available processors running at 1 GHz or higher speed grades or based
on copper interconnect technology as anticipated or at all, that AMD may not have revenues from processors produced in the Dresden fab on the anticipated
schedule, and that AMD may be unable to continue advancing technologies for future processor development. We urge investors to review in detail the risks
and uncertainties in the Company's filings with the United States Securities Exchange Commission. |
