News & Events
Intersil and AMD to Bring Advanced Technology and Performance to 64-bit Platform
-- Endura power management solutions to power upcoming AMD Opteron and eighth-generation AMD Athlon processor-based platforms
IRVINE, CA, June 3, 2002 Intersil Corporation (NASDAQ: ISIL), a world leader in the design and manufacture of high performance analog and wireless networking solutions, today announced that it is working with AMD to provide advanced multiphase power solutions for the upcoming AMD Opteron and AMD Athlon processors. Intersils advanced power solutions provide cost effectiveness, reliability and high efficiency.
The upcoming AMD Opteron and Athlon processor-based platforms are poised to meet future 64-bit market needs with exceptional technology and performance. Intersils advanced core power management solutions will help ensure reliability and high operating efficiency for consumers as well as enterprise computing, said Rick Furtney, vice president and general manager of Intersils High Performance Analog Product Group. AMD and Intersil customers will have scalable, flexible solutions that can grow with the customers needs.
The upcoming AMD processors and Intersil's CPU power management solutions will ensure that system components, including graphics cards, I/O and Double Data Rate (DDR) memory, provide optimized 32-bit and 64-bit performance, said Rich Heye, vice president platform engineering and infrastructure. Demanding consumer and enterprise customers can use the upcoming AMD and Intersil technologies to increase computing performance in single and multi-processor environments.
Intersils Endura Power Solutions for the New AMD Opteron and AMD Athlon Processors
The Intersil Endura solution to power AMDs next-generation processors is based on the new two-phase ISL6569 and four-phase ISL6559 PWM controllers. These robust controllers work with any of Intersils MOSFET drivers such as the single-channel HIP6601B, HIP6603B and HIP6604B and dual-channel HIP6602B. The ISL6569 is offered in a 24-lead SOIC or 32-pad 5x5 mm micro lead frame plastic (MLFP) package while the ISL6559 is offered in a 28-lead SOIC or 32-pad 5 x 5 mm micro lead frame plastic (MLFP) package. Both the ISL6569 and ISL6559 are loaded with features that provide protection, precision and high converter efficiency. Notable features include: precise differential remote output voltage sensing, Dynamic VID technology for on-the-fly VID changing, 5- or 12-V bias and a pin-adjustable reference offset. These devices also use MOSFET on-resistance for current sensing to save space and component costs. Evaluation platforms and complete reference designs are available now to assist engineers with solution evaluation and design-in. The ISL6569 will be available in mass production in May while the ISL6559 will be in production in June.
About the AMD Opteron Processor
The AMD Opteron processor is based on AMDs eighth-generation processor core, which is planned to mark the introduction of the industrys first x86-64 technology implementation. This technology is planned to preserve companies investments in 32-bit applications while allowing a seamless transition to 64-bit computing as those companies require. The AMD Opteron processor is designed to deliver high-performance server and workstation solutions for todays most demanding enterprise applications. The processor is designed to be scalable, reliable and compatible, which can result in lower total cost of ownership. Key AMD Opteron processor innovations include an integrated memory controller, which reduces memory bottlenecks, and HyperTransport technology, which increases overall performance by removing or reducing I/O bottlenecks, increasing bandwidth and reducing latency.
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, a Fortune 500 and Standard & Poors 500 company, produces microprocessors, Flash memory devices, and support circuitry for communications and networking applications. Founded in 1969, AMD is based in Sunnyvale, California. (NYSE: AMD). Web site: http://www.amd.com About Intersil
Intersil Corporation manufactures and markets high performance analog and wireless networking solutions. As a global semiconductor leader, Intersil focuses on four of the industry's fastest growing markets – flat panel displays, optical storage (CD and DVD recordable), power management, and wireless networking. Intersil brings added customer value in providing complete silicon, software and reference design solutions to new products that enhance the computing experience for people wherever they live, work or travel. For more information about Intersil or to find out how to become a member of our winning team, visit the company's web site and career page at: www.intersil.com
This press release contains forward-looking statements as defined in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such forward-looking statements are based upon Intersil Corporation’s (“Intersil”) management’s current expectations, estimates, beliefs, assumptions, and projections about Intersil’s, and its Elantec product group’s (“Elantec”), business and industry. Words such as "anticipates," "expects," "intends," "plans," “predicts,” "believes," "seeks," "estimates," "may," "will," “should,” “would,” “potential,” “continue,” and variations of these words (or negatives of these words) or similar expressions, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. In addition, any statements that refer to expectations, projections, or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties, and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Therefore, our actual results, could differ materially and adversely from those expressed in any forward-looking statements as a result of various risk factors. Important risk factors that may cause such material differences for Intersil in the power management market, some of which may apply to Elantec, include, but are not limited to: the economic slowdown in the technology sector; the rate at which consumers adopt GPU’s, small handheld Internet appliances and portable computing devices; the rate of purchases of PC’s and file servers; the rate at which our present and future customers and end-users adopt Intersil’s power management technologies and products; the timing, rescheduling or cancellation of significant customer orders; the ability of our customers to manage inventory; the loss of a key customer; the qualification, availability and pricing of competing products and technologies and the resulting effects on sales and pricing of our products; silicon wafer pricing and the availability and quality of our foundry capacity and raw materials; availability, pricing, and quality of third party foundry and assembly and test capacity and raw materials; fluctuations in the manufacturing yields of our third party foundries and assembly and test facilities, and other problems or delays in the fabrication, assembly, testing or delivery of our products; the risks of producing products with new suppliers and at new fabrication and assembly and test facilities; problems or delays that we may face in shifting our products to smaller geometry process technologies; the effectiveness of Intersil’s expense and product cost control and reduction efforts; the risks inherent in acquisitions, including the acquisition of Elantec (including integration issues; costs and unanticipated expenditures; changing relationships with customers, suppliers, and strategic partners; potential contractual, employment, and intellectual property issues; risks of not securing regulatory approvals; accounting treatment and charges; and the risks that the acquisition cannot be completed successfully, or that the anticipated benefits of the acquisition are not realized); intellectual property disputes, customer indemnification claims, and other litigation risks; Intersil’s ability to develop, market, and transition to volume production new products and technologies in a timely manner, as well as other risk factors. Intersil’s recently filed quarterly report on Form 10-Q and other Intersil filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) (which you may obtain for free at the SEC’s web site at www.sec.gov) discuss some of the important risk factors that may affect our business, results of operations, and financial condition. These forward-looking statements are made only as of the date of this communication and Intersil undertakes no obligation to update or revise these forward-looking statements. Endura and Dynamic VID are trademarks of Intersil Americas Inc.AMD, the AMD Arrow logo, AMD Opteron, AMD Athlon and combinations thereof, are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
HyperTransport is a trademark of the HyperTransport Technology Consortium.
All other trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners.
