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Intersil Selected by Europe’s Leading Computer Company as Preferred Power Management Supplier
-- Fujitsu Siemens Computers selects Intersil's Endura power management solutions~-- ICs provide efficient and reliable power control on both Intel- and AMD-based motherboards
IRVINE, CA, November 20, 2001 Intersil (NASDAQ: ISIL), a leading provider of power management solutions for PCs, file servers and portable information appliances, announced today that Fujitsu Siemens Computers, the leading European computer company, has selected Intersil as the preferred supplier of power management ICs for all of their PC motherboards.
Fujitsu Siemens Computers is the leading European computer company and offers one of the world's most complete product and solution portfolios. Its world-leading technology and innovative Information Technology products span the entire range of personal computing and enterprise computing needs.
Fujitsu Siemens selection of Intersil as their preferred power management solution provider further strengthens our position as the worlds leader in microprocessor power control, said Rick Furtney, vice president and general manager of Intersils Analog Business Unit. Fujitsu Siemens Computers is a leading provider of professional PCs, notebooks and workstations to business customers, and is Europe's leading supplier of PCs for home users and small offices.
Endura Multiphase Control
Intersils Endura multiphase pulse width modulation (PWM) control circuits offer unmatched precision and flexible scalability for applications requiring 2, 3 or up to 4 phases of power control 3 phases for todays Intel Pentium 4 and 4 phases for the next generation processors. This multiphase control technology, pioneered by Intersil, offers manufacturers cost savings in components because phase balancing causes load current to be evenly distributed among phases allowing the use of less costly MOSFETs and phase staggering greatly increases the ripple frequency making it easier to filter to a very low ripple voltage with smaller filter components.
The Intersil Endura motherboard power solution involves the combination of a multiphase controller from the HIP6300 series and one or more HIP6600 series MOSFET drivers. The multiphase controller family consists of five multiphase PWM controllers: the HIP6301, HIP6303, and HIP6311A are 2 to 4 phase controllers that regulate output currents as high as 100 A (ampere) or more, whereas the HIP6302 and HIP6304 are dedicated two-phase devices that control microprocessor loads up to approximately 50 A. The MOSFET driver series includes the HIP6601A and HIP6603A, which are single-phase synchronous buck MOSFET drivers, and the HIP6602A dual-phase driver designed to drive four n-channel MOSFETs.
Intersil Power Management Technology
The Intersil Endura product family consists of leading power management solutions for desktop and mobile PCs, workstations, Internet appliances, RAID systems and high-availability servers. The Endura family includes high-efficiency solutions that are used in portable PCs and mobile information appliances as well as home gateway products. Intersils leadership position has grown, capturing over 50 percent of the AMD Athlon and Intel® Pentium® 4 processors and providing power management solutions for next generation desktop, portable and wireless communications devices. The company is the first to introduce a complete cost effective power solution for new and next generation PCs that uses a multiphase power configuration to achieve unparalleled precision and efficiency. Learn more about Intersils Endura products at: http://www.intersil.com/endura.
About Fujitsu Siemens Computers
With extensive manufacturing facilities in Germany and more than 7,000 employees serving their customers, the Fujitsu Siemens operates in 25 countries across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Fujitsu Siemens Computers is jointly owned by Fujitsu Limited and Siemens AG, and benefits from the combined strengths and innovation of its parent companies. The global cooperation between Fujitsu and Siemens provides access to a worldwide network of service and integration partners as well as more than 80,000 specialists dedicated to the Fujitsu Siemens Computers product and solutions portfolio. Home page: www.fujitsu-siemens.com. About Intersil
Intersil is a leading supplier of semiconductors, reference designs and software for wireless access and communications analog markets. Intersil applies analog, mixed-signal and radio frequency (RF) expertise to products that: enable wireless and voice access to broadband media; provide reliable power management in PCs, file servers and portable information appliances; and perform analog and digital signal conversion for cellular and Internet infrastructure. For more information about Intersil, visit the company's Internet homepage at: www.intersil.com.
This press release contains information relating to certain projections and business trends concerning the power management market that are 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 management’s current expectations, estimates, beliefs, assumptions, and projections about our business and industry. Words such as "anticipates," "expects," "intends," "plans," "believes," "seeks," "estimates," "may," "will" and variations 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. Furthermore, any forward-looking statements and projections made by others in this press release are not adopted by Intersil Corporation (“Intersil”) and Intersil is not responsible for the forward-looking statements and projections of others. 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 connection with the power management market include, but are not limited to: the recent economic slowdown in the technology sector and the semiconductor industry; the rate at which consumers adopt 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 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 of foundry and assembly capacity and raw materials; the effectiveness of Intersil’s expense and product cost control and reduction efforts; 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; risks inherent in acquisitions and divestitures, such as the anticipated benefits not being realized, integration issues, unanticipated costs, changing relationships with customers and suppliers, accounting treatment and charges; as well as other risk factors. Intersil’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, recent filing on Form S-3, recent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and other Intersil filings with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission (“SEC”) (which you may obtain for free at the SEC’s Web site 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 press release and Intersil undertakes no obligation to update or revise these forward-looking statements. Endura is a trademark of Intersil Americas Inc.
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