~~~The Industry Shows Support for the AMD Athlon~~~
"3dfx Announces Support for AMD Athlon Processor
Optimized Drivers for AMD Athlon Deliver Speed and Power for Graphics on The PC
SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- 3dfx Interactive® Inc. (Nasdaq: TDFX - news) today announced that its award-winning Voodoo(TM) family of 3D graphics accelerators have been optimized for the new AMD Athlon(TM) processor. The 3dfx Voodoo3(TM) family of graphics accelerators, in combination with the AMD Athlon processor, provides the basis for a high-performance visual computing platform, capable of delivering an immersive 3D computing experience for the most demanding enthusiast user. Driver optimizations across the entire range of 3dfx products help deliver an enhanced visual computing experience for users of AMD Athlon powered computers."
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"Matrox Graphics announces support for the seventh generation AMD Athlon™ processor
For Immediate Release
Montreal, Canada - Matrox Graphics Inc. today announced support for the next-generation AMD Athlon processor. The Matrox Millennium G400 Series benefits from the Athlon's incredible processing power, allowing graphics performance to scale exceptionally well with the increased capabilities of the overall platform."
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"Microsoft Announces Software Support for the AMD Athlon Processor Platform
AMD's Seventh-Generation Processor Boosts Performance of Microsoft Products And Technologies to New Levels
REDMOND, Wash., Aug. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT - news) today announced that a broad range of Microsoft® products achieve new levels of performance on systems powered by the new Athlon processor from Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD). Microsoft products that run faster on the AMD Athlon platform include the Windows® 98 and Windows NT® 4.0 operating systems, as well as other Windows technologies such as the DirectX® API. Today leading applications such as Windows Media(TM) technologies are optimized to achieve high levels of performance with the AMD Athlon processor, and Microsoft is committed to ensuring that application developers will be able to capitalize on the new AMD Athlon processor. In addition, forthcoming products such as Windows 2000 are poised to take ultimate advantage of the new chip."
"Based on our internal testing of Windows 2000 on the AMD Athlon processor, we predict that business customers will be impressed with the performance.''
Business users are one example of those who will benefit from the enhanced performance. Microsoft worked with AMD through the design process to help ensure that the combination of the floating-point performance of the AMD Athlon processor and Microsoft's enterprise software would provide a corporate-ready hardware and software platform for application-critical workstation implementations."
"''We are happy to be working closely with AMD to ensure developers for Visual Studio® will have the ability to be extremely productive in creating high-performance applications capable of exploiting the technical innovations of the new AMD processors,'' said Marie Huwe, group product manager for Development Tools at Microsoft. ''Intrinsic support for AMD features in Visual Studio will enable millions of application developers to take advantage of building fast applications for this new processor.''"
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Looks like Microsoft is helping AMD enter the business arena with the Athlon.
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"American Megatrends Announces Support for the Seventh-Generation AMD ATHLON Processor
Editorial Summary
ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 9, 1999-- -- AMI's AMIBIOS supports AMD's Athlon(tm) processor.
AMIBIOS also supports USB, WfM, Ultra DMA-66 and I2C
American Megatrends, Inc. (AMI), a leading supplier of BIOS solutions, today announced AMIBIOS supports the new AMD Athlon(tm) processor.
AMI has engineered its advanced AMIBIOS for the AMD Athlon processor to provide seamless integration, allowing computer manufacturers to easily and quickly penetrate this growing market.
''AMD has raised the bar in processor technology utilizing superscalar RISC performance to desktops systems running industry-standard x86 software,'' said Mark Huffman, Software Sales Director at AMI. ''The AMD Athlon provides truly 7th-generation performance, while AMIBIOS brings out this full performance with an extremely robust, and feature packed BIOS.''"
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"Nexar PC Manufacturing Announces Support for the Next-Generation AMD Athlon Processor
HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--August 9, 1999--Nexar® a PC manufacturing division of the ATEC Group, Inc., today announced its support for the next-generation AMD Athlon(TM) processor. Delivering unprecedented computing experience for the corporate user, the Nexar Empower Series will deliver the new AMD Athlon processor immediately.
The Empower PC series is built to the users custom specifications, using widely accepted components and peripherals to for compatibility. This line is the ideal solution for high-end government, corporate, educational and consumers who demand to stay on the cutting edge of technology."
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"ALi Announces Plans for Chip Set with Support for the Next-Generation AMD Athlon Processor
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 9, 1999--Acer Laboratories, Inc. (ALi) announced today its plans for a Core Logic Chip Set to support the new AMD Athlon(TM) processor.
The AMD Athlon processor, in combination with this Chip Set from ALi, will bring to the computing enthusiast's and business user's desktop a hardware platform that is unparalleled in computing capabilities.
ALi's Chip Set for the AMD Athlon processor will be a highly integrated solution providing full performance for the AMD Athlon processor at a very competitive price. This product will combine ALi's expertise in Northbridge technology and architecture with its highly integrated Southbridge family to provide exceptional performance to desktop systems. Included in the chipset will be support for PC-133, DDR, 4XAGP, and UDMA 66/100."
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"NVIDIA's RIVA TNT2 Ultra Enables Powerful 3D Graphics for Seventh-Generation AMD-Athlon Processor
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 9, 1999--NVIDIA(TM) Corporation (Nasdaq:NVDA - news), the world's leading supplier of performance 3D graphics processors, today announced that the award-winning, RIVA TNT2(TM) Ultra is optimized for AMD Athlon(TM) processor-based PCs.
Optimizations and support for AMD's 3DNow!(TM) technology within NVIDIA's ''Detonator'' software drivers enable an unparalleled 3D computing experience on systems powered by the RIVA TNT2 Ultra and AMD Athlon processor."
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"Systemax Introduces The New AMD Athlon Processor To Its Systemax PC Product Line
PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 9, 1999--Systemax Inc. (NYSE:SYX - news) announced today its introduction of new PC models which feature the next-generation AMD Athlon(TM) processor. By offering the AMD Athlon processor, Systemax is providing its customers with another powerful platform choice from which to build their PCs.
The next-generation AMD Athlon will be available in PC models offered through Systemax's TigerDirect, MidWest Micro, Global Computer Supplies, Misco and Dartek subsidiaries."
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"Phoenix Technologies Supports AMD Athlon Processor, AMD's Seventh-Generation Microprocessor
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 9, 1999--Phoenix Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq:PTEC - news) -- the leading provider of system enabling solutions for the connected computing universe -- today announced system software support for the new AMD Athlon(tm) processor.
The combination of Phoenix system enabling software, also known as BIOS, and the AMD Athlon will deliver industry-leading performance for next-generation x86-based computers designed for business users and computing enthusiasts. Phoenix's dedicated team has worked closely with AMD in development of system enabling software for the AMD Athlon processor. Phoenix solutions provide full support for the latest industry standards and initiatives with both the Award and the Phoenix platform enabling software code bases. AMD has integrated the Phoenix system software on its reference boards for more than a year."
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