deanw@cayman.amd.com (Dean Whitehair) (05/17/91)
AMD ANNOUNCES TWO NEW HIGHLY INTEGRATED MEMBERS
OF THE 29K* 32-bit RISC MICROPROCESSOR FAMILY
Sunnyvale,CA--May 6--Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. today
announced two new members of the 29K* family of RISC (Reduced
Instruction Set Computer) microprocessors that offer users higher
integration, increased performance and reduced systems cost. The
Am29030* and Am29035* microprocessors expand the 29K family to a
wider range of applications.
The new 29K family members offer users a choice of 4KByte
(Am29035) or 8KByte (Am29030) on-chip instruction cache, and a
streamlined system interface for simplified high frequency
operation.
The Am29030 and Am29035 chips are the first available RISC
microprocessors in the industry to offer Scalable Clocking*
capability and on-chip IEEE 1149.1 JTAG support. The Am29035
version is the only available RISC processor offering programmable
bus sizing.
Scalable Clocking capability allows the bus to run at half
the processor clock rate, thereby providing simplicity and lowering
the cost of the bus circuitry. In addition, the IEEE 1149.1 JTAG
diagnostic standard is fully supported on-chip to decrease debug
time and board level testing for higher reliability. Programmable
bus sizing enables users to upgrade from 16- to 32-bit operation by
simply adding more memory, doubling the memory bandwidth for greater
performance. These features reduce cost and time-to-market by
allowing designers to increase performance without system redesign.
"Our new Am29030 and Am29035 microprocessors extend the
superior value and performance of the 29K family of RISC
microprocessors to cost sensitive imaging applications by offering
outstanding performance even with low cost memories," said Subodh
Toprani, AMD's director of marketing for the Embedded Processor
Division. "By providing our customers the highest integration and
best systems price/performance of any available RISC processor, we
will further strengthen our leadership position in the embedded RISC
market."
The Am29000 RISC processor and the 29K family members are
the basis for more than 300 high performance embedded and
distributed processing designs from manufacturers worldwide,
including Apple Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard, AT&T, Bull, Xerox
Samsung, Siemens and Toshiba.
"We have been pleased with both the relationship we have
with AMD and the performance of the 29K RISC microprocessor in the
Macintosh Display Card 8%24 GC," said John Moon, Apple's vice
president for Imaging Products. "The announcement of the Am29030
and Am29035, an the fact that they are software compatible with all
members of the 29K family, demonstrates that AMD is moving in the
right direction for the needs of its customers. Having a good
relationship with leading edge suppliers such as AMD gives us the
foundation and the tools we need to further enhance our imaging
products at Apple."
The Am29030 and Am29035 chips are optimized for a wide range
of imaging applications, including graphics acceleration,
high-performance printers, and X terminals.
Because they are fully binary-compatible with the entire 29K
product line, the Am29030 and Am29035 microprocessors offer 29K
family users a logical migration path to higher performance at lower
system costs. Customers using the Am29030 or the Am29035
microprocessor also will benefit from AMD's Fusion29K partner
support program, the most comprehensive customer/partner support
program in the embedded RISC processor market.
Samples of 25MHz and 33MHz versions of the Am29030
microprocessor are available now in a 145-lead pin-grid-array (PGA)
package. Samples of the Am29035 16MHz microprocessor will be
available in the third quarter of 1991 in plastic quad flat package
(PQFP).
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., is the fifth largest
U.S.-based manufacturer of integrated circuits. The company
provides total high-performance solutions for manufacturers of
communications and computation equipment, executed in bipolar and
CMOS technologies. AMD specializes in microprocessors and related
peripherals, memories, networking and communications devices, office
automation components and programmable logic devices. The company
has manufacturing plants in the U.S., Europe and Far East.
*29K, Am29000, Am29030, Am29035, and Scalable Clocking are
trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. For more information on
AMD's 29K family of RISC microprocessors, readers may call
1-(800)2929-AMD or (512)462-5651.
For More Information, Contact: Advanced Micro Devices
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