SANTA CLARA, Calif.
-- Nov. 3, 2000 -- NVIDIA Corporation, the world's leading supplier
of performance 3D graphics processors, has announced that its family
of GPUs are the first to fully support the new AMD Athlon processor
with 266MHz frontside bus and the new AMD-760 chipset with support for
Double Data Rate, or DDR, memory. The combination of NVIDIA's GPUs and
AMD's AMD-760 chipset with support for DDR memory could provide end
users with an ultra-high-performance platform capable of delivering
next-generation PC graphics that incorporate massive geometric complexity,
complex physics, artificial intelligence and lifelike character animation.
Also, AMD Athlon processors in next-generation DDR platforms deliver
cutting-edge performance at an affordable price.
"AMD is aggressively advancing the PC platform," said Dan
Vivoli, senior vice president of marketing of NVIDIA. "The AMD
Athlon processor and the DDR based AMD-760 chipset provide system platform
that unleashes the power of our GPUs."
"AMD has worked closely with NVIDIA to bring high-performance 3D
graphics capabilities to the PC platform," said Ned Finkle,
director of AMD's Infrastructure Enablement Group. "NVIDIA is a leader
in 3D graphics technology and the first to implement DDR memory for
video and we are ecstatic to now offer users the AMD-760 chipset with
DDR memory backed with full 4X AGP support for an unparalleled gaming
and Internet experience."
The AMD Athlon processor is an x86-compatible, seventh-generation design
featuring a superpipelined, nine-issue superscalar microarchitecture
optimized for high clock frequency; the industry's first fully pipelined,
superscalar floating point unit for x86 platforms; high-performance
cache architecture, now featuring 256KB of on-chip level (L2) cache
and 128KB of on-chip level (L1) cache; enhanced 3DNow!(TM) technology
with 24 additional instructions designed to improve integer math calculations,
data movement for Internet streaming, and DSP communications; and a
200MHz system interface based on the Alpha(TM) EV6 bus protocol with
support for scalable multiprocessing. AMD Athlon processors are manufactured
using AMD's 0.18-micron process technology in Fab 25 in Austin, Texas
and AMD's 0.18 micron technology in Fab 30 in Dresden, Germany.
About AMD
AMD is a global supplier of integrated circuits for the personal and
networked computer and communications markets with manufacturing facilities
in the United States, Europe, Japan, and Asia. AMD produces microprocessors,
flash memory devices, and support circuitry for communications and networking
applications. Founded in 1969 and based in Sunnyvale, California, AMD
had revenues of $2.9 billion in 1999. (NYSE:AMD). Additional press releases
and information about AMD and its products are available at: http://www.amd.com/news/news.html.
About
NVIDIA
The computing industry recognizes NVIDIA as the global leader in
advanced graphics processing technology, honoring the company with the
most graphics awards in the history of the PC industry. The unmatched
breadth of the NVIDIA product family enables gripping multimedia experiences
for the entire desktop computer market from workstations to internet-enabled
appliances. PC OEMs, add-in card manufacturers, system builders, and
consumer electronics companies worldwide choose NVIDIA GPUs as the core
component of their graphics processing solutions. NVIDIA GPUs are used
by large corporations, small- to medium-sized businesses, and home-based
consumers. NVIDIA graphics processors deliver superior performance and
crisp visual quality for PC-based applications such as manufacturing,
science, e-business, entertainment, and education. For more information,
please visit the Company's web site at http://www.nvidia.com.
