To: REH who wrote (13168 ) 1/13/1999 9:02:00 PM From: REH Respond to of 93625
Philips Semiconductors announces complete clock solution for Rambus®-enabled applications Direct Rambus Clock Generator and CK98 system clock generator launched by new PC Motherboard Products Organization Philips Semiconductors today announced a complete clock solution for Rambus-enabled applications with the introduction of the Direct Rambus Clock Generator (DRCG) and a CK98 system clock generator. Product samples are currently available, with volume production expected to begin in Q1, 1999. Philips Semiconductors' PCK2011 is a DRCG that provides differential clock signals up to 400 MHz to Direct Rambus memory channels onto Rambus In Line Memory Modules (RIMMs). The PCK2010 is a spread spectrum CK98 system clock generator that provides 50/66 MHz single-ended clock signals to the DRCG, as well as several copies of the CPU, 3V66, PCI, IOAPIC, and USB clocks. As a licensee of the Rambus interface technology and a major supplier to PC motherboard manufacturers, Philips Semiconductors subscribed to Intel specifications when developing the PCK2011 and PCK2010. "These products were developed as a result of our working relationships with PC motherboard design engineers and long-standing alliances with global manufacturers of microprocessors," said Pierre-Yves Lesaicherre, international product marketing manager for the new PC Motherboard Product organization within Philips Semiconductors' Logic Products group. "While we continue our tradition of quality and technical excellence with our established family of logic products, these new solutions are more complex and bring additional value specifically to our PC motherboard customers and to Philips Semiconductors' logic products portfolio." Through the use of the Philips Semiconductors' I2CTM bus, a clock generator user can select frequency, spread spectrum mode, and individual DIMM enabling. Philips Semiconductors' clock generators feature low jitter, tight skews and spread spectrum capabilities to reduce EMI on the board. link: www-us2.semiconductors.philips.com don't think its been posted before infrastructure infrastructure infrastructure infrastructure reh