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Intersil Unveils Technology to Improve Battery Life in Notebook PCs and Portable Information Appliances
Power management breakthrough provides significant improvement in power efficiency
PALM BAY, FL, March 22, 2000 – Intersil Corporation (NASDAQ: ISIL) today announced that it has developed a breakthrough technology that offers increased battery life in notebook PCs, cellular telephones and other portable information appliances. Intersil will utilize the technology in a new family of discrete power products tailored for these high efficiency, low voltage applications.
PALM BAY, FL, March 22, 2000 Intersil Corporation (NASDAQ: ISIL) today announced that it has developed a breakthrough technology that offers increased battery life in notebook PCs, cellular telephones and other portable information appliances. Intersil will utilize the technology in a new family of discrete power products tailored for these high efficiency, low voltage applications.
"Anyone interested in squeezing the most out of a battery in a cell phone or portable information appliance will find Intersils new, low voltage power technology useful," says Russ Morcom, Intersils vice president and general manager of Discrete Power Products. "The discrete power technology weve developed improves the efficiency of the devices that control power switching in these battery powered products."
Intersils technology breakthrough is applied to the development of metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistors (MOSFETs), which are tiny electrical switches used for power management in portable PCs, cells phones and portable information appliances. Intersils new Dense Trench technology increases battery life by reducing the switching losses and switching resistance of system MOSFETs.
"By increasing density within the cell structure of the switching MOSFETs, we can significantly improve power efficiency," adds Morcom. "In fact, we believe that Intersils technology is a generation ahead of our competition. Manufacturers of these battery powered products can either take advantage of better resistance characteristics in the same size MOSFET or achieve the same performance in a smaller package."
Better efficiency comes from Intersils patented Dense Trench technology, which increases the channel density within each MOSFET device. Greatly simplified, the more channels present in a unit silicon area of a MOSFET the lower the resistance of the device. Lower resistance equates to better device and system efficiency. Channel density of Intersils new Dense Trench MOSFET is more than twice that of competitive trench designs. Beyond use in battery powered products, Intersils Dense Trench technology can be used for power management in desktop PCs and network servers. Intersil anticipates release of its first Dense Trench technology products this summer.
Intersil designs and produces semiconductors tailored for high efficiency, high reliability integrated communications applications. When combined with the companys power integrated circuits, Intersils power products provide a unique power management solution for next generation PCs and network servers supporting the Internet as well as information appliances.
About Intersil
Intersil Corporation uses semiconductor expertise to enable highly integrated voice, data and video communications. Intersil's integrated communications portfolio includes PRISM® Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) chip sets that enable mobile connectivity products for the home and office; analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits for broadband access to wireless and wired Wide Area Networks (WANs); and power management products that enable 24x7 reliability in network servers, next generation PCs and information appliances. For more information about Intersil, visit the company's Internet homepage at www.intersil.com.
This press release contains information relating to forecasted results of Intersil, including certain projections and business trends, that are forward-looking statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from these forward-looking statements as a result of certain risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to global and market conditions as well as other risks and uncertainties detailed from time to time in Intersil's filings with the Securities Exchange Commission. These forward-looking statements are made only as of the date of this press release and Intersil undertakes no obligation to update or revise the forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
Dense Trench is a trademark of Intersil Corporation.
PRISM is a registered trademark of Intersil Corporation.
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