Sunday March 22, 7:00 pm Eastern Time
LSI Logic to introduce new chip technology
SAN FRANCISCO, March 22 (Reuters) - LSI Logic Corp. said it plans to
introduce a new chip technology Monday that will combine onto one chip
all the system functions needed to create future communications,
computer and consumer products.
The technology, called G12, will be unveiled Monday at an industry
conference by the Milpitas, Calif.-based chip maker.
LSI said the G12 technology will have 223 million transistors on a
single chip, and will include functions such as mixed signal, logic,
embedded memory and radio frequency components on a single chip.
Prototype designs of the G12 technology will be produced in the fourth
quarter of 1998, the company said, and initial production will start in
the second quarter of 1999.
LSI, which is a leader in system-on-a-chip technology to get more
functions onto one device, has products in myriad devices, ranging from
Sony Corp.'s (NYSE:SNE - news; 6758.T) Sony Playstation gaming system to
cellular phones to digital cameras.
The company said the new G12 technology could be the core of products
like a consumer electronics device that combines three to four functions
in one system -- such as a set top box and a DVD (digital video disk)
player and a VCR, all in one device.
''We just introduced a cellular phone on a single chip and I think a
generation ago that would not have been possible,'' Wilf Corrigan, LSI
chairman and chief executive said, referring to the company's GSM chip
for the digital mobile phone market.
The new G12 technology will let companies design products ''never before
possible'' Corrigan said. ''You can integrate three to four things into
one system.''
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