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To: unclewest who wrote (18797)	4/16/1999 2:26:00 PM
From: Jacktoad	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 93625

VLSI Licenses Rambus ASIC CellInterface Technology April 16, 1999 02:02 PM SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 16, 1999--VLSI Technology, Inc. VLSI today announced that it has licensed the Direct Rambus(TM) ASIC Cell (D-RAC), a high-performance chip-to-chip memory interface technology, from Rambus Inc. RMBS . Capable of delivering 1.6 gigabytes per second, the D-RAC has signal pin rates of up to 800 megahertz and is ideally suited for the high-speed memory requirements of today's computer, multimedia and networking applications. Inclusion of the D-RAC core in a leading edge VLSI ASIC enables the system to utilise Rambus(R) technology's high-performance RDRAM(R) devices. VLSI's D-RAC Functional System Block(TM) (FSB(TM)) will include a behavioral model, a system verification environment and synthesis and timing models to allow easy integration of the D-RAC core into an ASIC. Additionally, VLSI will release a RDRAM memory controller FSB that will provide the memory control functionality required in a system solution. VLSI expects to introduce the D-RAC and the RDRAM memory controller FSBs in its VSC10 0.20 micron (0.15 micron Leff) process technology with availability for customer designs by the end of third quarter, 1999. "Companies in the ASIC business must anticipate and meet the increasingly performance-hungry memory sub-system requirements of computer, multimedia and networking applications," said Scott Parker, vice president and general manager of VLSI's Computing and Networking Strategic Business Unit. "The addition of the D-RAC to our IP library continues VLSI's heritage of providing customers with the technology needed to design cost effective, high performance, System-Level-Silicon(TM) solutions." "The addition of VLSI as a Rambus logic IC partner is a welcome development as the industry moves toward broad adoption of Direct Rambus technology," said Subodh Toprani, vice president and general manager, Logic Products at Rambus Inc. "As a manufacturer of custom and semi-custom integrated chips, VLSI will help bring leading technology and design capabilities to advanced computing, consumer digital entertainment and networking markets." The RAC is the Input/Output cell that resides on the logic device. The Direct RAC provides the basic multiplexing/demultiplexing functions for converting from the off-chip bus with an 800MHz data rate (Channel) to a wider, and slower, on-chip bus. The RAC manages the physical layer of the Rambus subsystem. About Rambus Inc. Rambus Inc., based in Mountain View, Calif., develops and licenses high-speed, chip-to-chip interface technology that enables semiconductor memory devices to keep pace with faster generation of processors and controllers. Providers of Rambus-based integrated circuits include the world's leading DRAM, ASIC and PC controller manufacturers. Currently, eight of the world's top-10 semiconductor companies license Rambus technology. More information on Rambus Inc. and its high-bandwidth interface technology is available at www.rambus.com. About VLSI Technology VLSI Technology, Inc. designs and manufactures custom and semicustom integrated circuits for leading firms in the wireless communications, networking, consumer digital entertainment and computing markets. VLSI's value proposition is based on full-service customer support, deep libraries of vertical market-focused IC intellectual property, unparalleled custom circuit design expertise enabled through the Velocity(TM) Rapid Silicon Prototyping design style, and one of the world's most flexible and efficient custom circuit manufacturing facilities in San Antonio. The company is based in San Jose with 1998 revenues from continuing operations of $547.8 million, and approximately 2,200 employees worldwide. For more information, visit the VLSI homepage, www.vlsi.com. Note to Editors: Functional System Blocks, FSB, System-Level-Silicon and Velocity are trademarks of VLSI Technology, Inc. Rambus and RDRAM are registered trademarks and Direct Rambus is a trademark of Rambus Inc. All other names and marks are the property of their respective holders.