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Intersil’s New Single-Rail Power Distribution Controllers Save Space and Costs

— Intersil’s Endura offers space-saving full-featured single rail power distribution control
— ISL6115 and ISL6116 meet critical power control and hot plug/swap requirements

IRVINE, CA, September 26, 2001 – Intersil Corporation (NASDAQ: ISIL), a leading provider of power management solutions for PCs, file servers and portable information appliances, today announced the new Endura™ ISL6115 and ISL6116 hot plug/swap power controllers designed to provide economical and reliable power control for power distribution applications including high-end servers and storage systems. Intersil leads the industry with the most cost effective hot plug/hot swap controller and DC-DC converter solutions.

"Mission critical applications such as servers and storage systems require careful power control and hot plug capability to avoid costly down time and loss of use," said Rick Furtney, vice president and general manager of Intersil’s Analog Business Unit. "The ISL6115 and ISL6116 single rail power distribution controllers have the full complement of features needed for critical applications, including over-current fault isolation, adjustable turn-on ramp, and under-voltage monitoring and notification."

The ISL6115
The ISL6115 is a +12 V high-side single rail controller intended for hot plug and hot swap applications. More than just a programmable circuit breaker, the ISL6115’s rich feature set includes: under-voltage monitoring and "power good" notification, programmable over-current detection and fault isolation, programmable current regulation, programmable current limit time to latch off, rail-to-rail common-mode input voltage range, internal charge pump which allows the use of less-costly N-channel MOSFETs, adjustable turn on ramp, and fast sub-microsecond response to a dead short.

The ISL6116
The ISL6116 is a +5 V low-side single rail controller intended for hot plug and hot swap applications. It has all of the features of the ISL6115 and can be configured for load voltages greater than +15 V or negative voltages such as the –48 V used in the telecom industry.

Both products offer customers a high degree of integration that results in savings in board space and balance of materials costs. In addition, customers benefit from design and application flexibility, which yields lower manufacturing costs. Complete reference designs and evaluation boards are available.

Price and Availability
The ISL6115 and ISL6116 are available now. Pricing, based on one thousand piece quantities, is as follows:

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. 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 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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