Press Release: AMD Athlon(tm) XP Processor 1900+ Powers CRN's 'Ultimate PC'
Posted By Kathy Smith
Date: December 3, 2001
For the fourth time, CRN honors an AMD Athlon(tm)
processor for performance, innovation.
MIAMI, FL-Dec. 3,
2001-AMD today announced that CRN has again chosen
an AMD Athlon(tm) processor to power its "Ultimate PC." CRN Test Center
engineers review and test various PC components to determine the most innovative
ones for what they deem the "Ultimate PC." In front of an audience, CRN lab
director John Yacono assembles those components for their "Ultimate PC," which
showcases the best in cutting-edge technology.
CRN, a leading weekly trade publication for builders of technology solutions,
constructs an "Ultimate PC" at several tradeshow events throughout the year, and
sponsors Tech Builder XChange for system builders and white box solution
providers.
"AMD is to be congratulated for recognizing that performance gains are possible
with creative architecture rather than through raw clock speed increases alone,"
said John Yacono, Director of the CRN Test Center. "Increasing processor
frequency is not really innovative; the real trick is improving processor
architecture so you get the most out of every clock tick, which is what AMD has
done. "I'm always amazed at how much change and innovation the Test Center sees
from one Ultimate PC event to the next, and this demo pushed the bar that much
further."
"AMD's fourth 'Ultimate PC' award from CRN tells us that we're doing things
right in the minds of computer resellers, one of our strongest and most
important market segments," said Ed Ellett, vice president of Marketing at AMD.
"The AMD Athlon XP processor, the highest performance PC processor in the world,
represents our commitment to delivering the total system performance that our
customers demand, but don't always get, from systems that simply rely on
megahertz alone."
The AMD Athlon XP processor features AMD's patented QuantiSpeed(tm)
architecture, which can provide up to a 25-percent performance advantage versus
competitive PC processors on a broad array of real-world applications. AMD
processors, with their stable, reliable Socket A platform and their leading-edge
performance, make an excellent choice to power desktop as well as notebook PCs
for both business and home users. That stability and reliability carries over
into multiprocessing solutions for servers and workstations, allowing AMD to
cover the spectrum of computing needs with outstanding processor performance.
The AMD Athlon XP processor delivers extreme performance for the Microsoft®
Windows® XP operating system.
CRN also chose an AMD Athlon processor for its "Ultimate PC" at PC Expo in 2000
and 2001 and at Comdex in 1999.
AMD and other "Ultimate PC" component providers were recognized at an awards
ceremony Dec. 3 during Tech Builder XChange in Miami, Florida.
AMD Athlon(tm) Processor Awards Around the World
AMD Athlon processors have received more than 100 awards worldwide. Most
recently, the AMD Athlon processor won Maximum PC magazine's "CPU of the Year
Award" for 2001, and powered the desktop computer that won PC Magazine's
Editor's Choice award for the best performance desktop computer. For a complete
listing of AMD Athlon processor and AMD Athlon processor-based system awards,
visit:
http://www2.amd.com/us-en/Processors/ProductInformation/0,,30_118_756_759^663,00.html
About the AMD Athlon(tm) XP Processor
The AMD Athlon(tm) XP processor features QuantiSpeed(tm) architecture, 384KB of
on-chip, full-speed cache, and support for AMD's 3DNow!(tm) Professional
instructions for enhanced multimedia capabilities. The AMD Athlon XP processor
is compatible with AMD's Socket A infrastructure, and supports the advanced
266MHz front-side bus. AMD Athlon XP processors are manufactured using AMD's
0.18-micron copper process technology in Fab 30 in Dresden, Germany.
About AMD
AMD is a global supplier of integrated circuits for the personal and networked
computer and communications markets with manufacturing facilities in the United
States, Europe, Japan, and Asia. AMD, a Fortune 500 and Standard & Poor's 500
company, produces microprocessors, flash memory devices, and support circuitry
for communications and networking applications.
Founded in 1969 and based in Sunnyvale, California, AMD had revenues of $4.6
billion in 2000. (NYSE: AMD).
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AMD Public Relations
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