Ted Re <<BTW interesting article in the Friday's WSJ re Sony's playstation.....according to the article, its their first step in taking over the net.>>
Well, how about appliances base on AMD embedded K6-2E?
biz.yahoo.com
Eagle Wireless to Showcase Webflyer At Embedded Systems Conference
LEAGUE CITY, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 25, 2000--Eagle Wireless International, Inc. (AMEX: EAG - news) today
announced it will demonstrate its Webflyer convergence set-top box in the AMD section of the Microsoft booth, location #303 at the Spring Embedded Systems Conference. The show will be held February 28 - March 2 at McCormick Place South in Chicago, IL.
The Webflyer is the high performance multimedia unit in Eagle's line of convergence set-top boxes running a Microsoft Windows-based operating system and powered by a 350MHz AMD-K6(TM)-2E embedded processor, marketed by Eagle subsidiary BroadbandMagic.com. The Webflyer is designed to support the convergence of broadband Internet access, home networking, DVD movies, wireless connectivity, and powerful computing to the living room. The Webflyer will also be demonstrated at CeBit in Hanover, Germany (February 24 - March 1), and the CTIA Wireless 2000 show in New Orleans (February 28 - March 1). Through video networking, attendees of each show can view the Eagle displays at the other shows.
``AMD embedded x86 processors are well suited for the fast emerging market of convergence appliances,' said Tim Wright, Director of Marketing for the Embedded Products Division at AMD. ``The Webflyer builds on the characteristics of the traditional set-top box and through the performance of the AMD-K6-2E processor delivers additional multimedia capabilities.'
Dr. H. Dean Cubley, president and chief executive officer of Eagle Wireless International, Inc., said, ``The combination of the Microsoft operating system with the high performance of the AMD-K6-2E processor makes this version of our convergence set-top box a very high performance multimedia system. When you combine this power with the other onboard hardware features provided by our other technology partners, the Webflyer becomes a product that is the perfect fit for the home entertainment center. Equally as important, the Webflyer was designed to be compatible with most new technology as it becomes available and is intended to
futureproof the average home application for years to come. Eagle is extremely pleased to be demonstrating this new technology.'
About the AMD-K6(TM)-2E processor
The AMD-K6-2E processor is a functionally compatible embedded version of AMD's sixth-generation, Microsoft Windows-compatible AMD-K6-2 processor, which is used in many top-selling desktop and notebook PCs.
Designed to run both 16-bit and 32-bit software, the AMD-K6-2E processor delivers high-performance x86 instruction set processing and is compatible with the Microsoft Windows CE, Windows 98, Windows NT© and Windows NTE operating systems, as well as applications that run on them, including the latest software optimized for 3DNow!(TM) and MMX(TM) technologies. The AMD-K6-2E processor also is supported by other leading PC and x86 compatible operating systems, including numerous Real Time Operating Systems (RTOS) commonly used in embedded applications, such as pSOS, QNX, RTXC and VxWorks.
The 9.3-million-transistor AMD-K6-2E processor is manufactured on AMD's 0.25-micron, five-layer-metal process technology using local interconnect and shallow-trench isolation at AMD's Fab 25 wafer fabrication facility in Austin, Texas. The AMD-K6-2E processor is packaged in a Socket 7 and Super7(TM)platform-compatible, 321-pin ceramic pin grid array (CPGA) package using C4 flip-chip interconnection technology.
About Eagle
Eagle Wireless International, Inc., and its subsidiaries are leading suppliers of broadband wired and wireless equipment and services for the Internet, Multimedia Set-Top-Box, one- and two-way wireless messaging, specialized mobile radio (SMR), remote data acquisition and meter reading, and Integrated Wired and Wireless Convergence product markets. The company is headquartered in League City, Texas, near the NASA Johnson Space Center south of Houston. Further news updates on Eagle and its products are available at www.eglw.com, www.broadbandmagic.com, www.otcfn.com/eglw and www.charterbridge.net.
About AMD
AMD is a global supplier of integrated circuits for the personal and networked computer and communications markets. AMD produces microprocessors, flash
memories, and integrated circuits for communications and networking applications. Founded in 1969 and based in Sunnyvale, California, AMD had revenues of $2.9
billion in 1999. (NYSE: AMD - news).
Cautionary Statement
Forward-looking statements in this release are made pursuant to the ``safe harbor' provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Investors are cautioned that such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, continued acceptance of the Company's products, increased levels of competition, new products and technological changes, the Company's dependence upon third-party suppliers, intellectual property rights, and other risks detailed from time to time in the Company's periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
AMD, the AMD logo, AMD-K6, K6, 3DNow! and combinations thereof, and Super7 are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. |
