AMD ANNOUNCES TEXAS INSTRUMENTS LICENSES NEXT-GENERATION HYPERTRANSPORT(tm)

AMD ANNOUNCES TEXAS INSTRUMENTS LICENSES
NEXT-GENERATION HYPERTRANSPORT(tm)



- HyperTransport technology is a high-speed, low-latency bus that

  interfaces with current and next generation system buses -





SUNNYVALE, CA-NOVEMBER 7, 2001- AMD today announced it has licensed its
high-speed interconnect HyperTransport(tm) technology to Texas Instruments
Incorporated (TI).  HyperTransport is an innovative solution that moves
information faster, enabling the chips inside of PCs, networking and
communications devices to communicate with each other up to 48 times faster than
some existing bus technologies. Texas Instruments will use HyperTransport
technology in devices in computers, telecommunications and other equipment.



"It is gratifying to see a leader like Texas Instruments join the growing
list of companies such as Cisco Systems, NVIDIA, PMC-Sierra, and SGI, who have
incorporated HyperTransport technology into their future product plans,"
said Gabriele Sartori, president of the HyperTransport Technology Consortium.
"HyperTransport technology is being driven by the HyperTransport Consortium
as a free and open industry standard aimed at removing system design bottlenecks
and dramatically increasing the performance of the next-generation computation
and telecommunications systems. The licensing of this technology by an industry
leader like Texas Instruments increases the momentum of HyperTransport as the
future connectivity standard."



"As a leader in high performance connectivity solutions, TI plans to
continue its leadership by developing products based on the latest
standards," said Steve Schnier, market segment manager for PC Connectivity
Solutions at Texas Instruments.  "HyperTransport is an important
enabling technology that will allow TI to create devices that promote innovation
and new applications in computers, telecom, and various other equipment."



"The adoption of HyperTransport by an industry heavyweight leader like
Texas Instruments further illustrates and reinforces the need for
state-of-the-art interconnect technology in the computer and communication
markets," said Richard Heye, vice president, Platform Engineering &
Infrastructure for AMD's Computation Products Group. "We have seen an
excellent response from the technical and business community with regard to the
HyperTransport technology and we are pleased to offer this technology to Texas
Instruments."



HyperTransport technology is a high-speed, low-latency bus that can interface
with today's buses like AGP, PCI, 1394, USB 2.0, and 1Gbit Ethernet as well as
next generation buses including AGP 8x, Infiniband, PCI-X, PCI 3.0, and 10Gbit
Ethernet. AMD developed HyperTransport technology and is a founding member of
the HyperTransport consortium. HyperTransport technology can be licensed
royalty-free by joining the HyperTransport Consortium and paying the annual
membership fee. More information concerning the HyperTransport Consortium can be
found at www.hypertransport.org.







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circuitry for communications and networking applications.



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