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Intersil Targets Graphics Card Market With New Endura Power IC

-- New Endura™ IC offers big performance in small spaces to power graphics cards

IRVINE, CA, January 25, 2002 – Intersil Corporation (NASDAQ: ISIL), a leading provider of power management solutions for PCs, file servers and portable information appliances, today announced the new Endura ISL6528 dual regulator IC targeted for the graphics card market. This small 8-lead SOIC dual regulator is ideal for graphics card applications to power both the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) and support memory. The ISL6528 power solution saves manufacturers board space, parts costs and time-to-market. Other applications for the ISL6528 include powering Application-Specific ICs (ASICs), embedded processors and various other DSP ICs.

“This new dual regulator was targeted from conception to provide the best possible power solution for the extensive graphics card market,” said Rick Furtney, vice president and general manager of Intersil’s Analog Business Unit. “We wanted to offer a power solution that would greatly reduce parts count and board space while providing improvements in performance. Our new design provides graphic card manufacturers with a highly integrated and optimized power management solution that will allow them to quickly bring new products to market.”

The Intersil Endura ISL6528 Power Solution
Today’s high-end GPU’s deliver amazingly high-resolution visual effects at blazing refresh speeds. This performance requires ever increasing power consumption and the need for Intersil’s advanced power management technology. The ISL6528 is Intersil’s first graphics specific power management device that delivers power to both the GPU and memory on video cards. This dual regulator approach includes one standard-buck PWM controller for high-current supply to the graphics processor unit and a lower-current linear regulator to supply power to memory circuits.

The ISL6528 offers fully adjustable outputs (0.8 V-3.3 V) for design flexibility, a high operating frequency (600 kHz) so smaller and less costly filter components can be used, excellent voltage regulation accuracy (2%) over temperature for ensured reliability and a small external component count to save board space and costs. The ISL6528 power solution comes to the designer in the form of a reference design/evaluation platform (ISL6528EVAL1) backed by full documentation and support.

ISL6528 Pricing and Availability
The ISL6528 is available now. Price per ISL6528CB-T on tape and reel is $0.90 in thousand unit quantities.

Intersil Power Management Technology
The Intersil Endura product family consists of leading power management solutions for desktop and mobile PCs, workstations, Internet appliances, I/O cards, 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 residential gateway products. Intersil’s 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 Intersil’s Endura products at: http://www.intersil.com/endura About Intersil
Intersil is a global leader in designing innovative wireless networking and high performance analog solutions that enable wireless access to video, data and voice in homes, offices and public places. Creating advanced power management products, Intersil provides reliable solutions for file servers, portable information appliances and over half of all computer microprocessors manufactured today. With a rich high performance analog and mixed signal portfolio, Intersil brings added value in providing complete silicon, software and reference design solutions to new products that bring portable connectivity to people wherever they live, work or travel. Headquartered in Irvine, California, Intersil has offices in cities throughout the US, Europe and Asia. 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

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