INTEL DEMONSTRATES FASTEST DESKTOP MICROPROCESSOR AT ASIA PACIFIC INTEL DEVELOPER FORUM

Bangkok--May 4--Shandwick International (Thailand) Senior Vice President Albert Yu Also Unveils Chinese Name of Upcoming IntelItanium Microprocessor Intel Corporation opened the Asia Pacific Intel Developer Forum by demonstrating the capabilities of the company's fastest microprocessor, code-named "Willamette." The demonstration was displayed for the first time in Asia at the forum in Taipei, Taiwan. Based on a new microarchitecture from Intel, Willamette is due to be introduced later this year, Intel Senior Vice President Albert Yu announced in his address. Yu preceded keynotes by Intel Vice President Pat Gelsinger on desktop PC innovation for the new millenium and Intel Vice President Robert Jecmen on Internet and e-Business with Intel mobile solutions. "The year 2000 will be Intel's biggest product year ever," Accharas Ouysinprasert, country manager, Intel Microelectronics (Thailand) Ltd. said. "We will introduce two new microarchitectures in Willamette for desktops and Itanium for servers and workstations, as well as a 'smart integration' processor code-named 'Timna' designed for value PCs. Intel is pleased to offer this performance technology to the Internet economy." Willamette Microarchitecture and the Intel Pentium III Processor at 1GHz During the demonstration, Willamette operated well in excess of 1 GHz. Yu also outlined key features of the microarchitecture including: a new, hyper-pipelined design that enables processor instructions to be queued and executed at a faster rate, achieving the world's highest clock speeds for desktop PCs; a set of new Streaming SIMD instructions that enhance performance and support the next generation of Internet computing applications; and the computing industry's first 400 MHz system bus that transfers information from the processor to the rest of the system three times faster than the 133 MHz system bus used today. Additionally, Yu demonstrated a system based on the recently introduced Pentium III processor running at 1 GHz. The Pentium III processor at 1GHz is shipping now and will enter volume production in the summer months, Yu said. Intel's First "Smart Integration" Architecture Finally, Yu discussed Timna, Intel's first "smart integration" microprocessor and a leadership product for the value PC market segment. Designed to set a new standard of platform price-performance in the value segment, Timna is based on Intel's current P6 microarchitecture. It incorporates a central processing unit core, memory controller, and graphics into one chip to deliver the performance, features, and cost benefits needed for value PCs. Timna will complement the current Intel Celeronƒ processor line when it is introduced in the second half of 2000. Technologies for a New Era of Desktop Computing Gelsinger showed a combination of technologies and initiatives designed to help fuel a new generation of business and consumer PCs. This included the unveiling of concept PCs that "fit easily into your hand," the first-ever demonstration in Asia of a USB 2.0 product and an effort to advance PC graphics capabilities through the "Beyond AGP4x Initiative." "Intel is working with the industry to deliver a wide range of new PCs for a new generation of Internet computing," said Gelsinger. Internet and e-Business with Intel Mobile Solutions Jecmen demonstrated a mobile Intel‚ Pentium‚ III processor featuring SpeedStepƒ Technology, a revolutionary power management solution from Intel that enables a mobile PC to operate in two different modes: Maximum Performance Mode and Battery Optimized Mode. The system automatically chooses which mode to run in, depending whether the computer is running on battery or plugged into AC power.พmoreพ "With feature-rich mobile PCs, you can take your data wherever you go and have desktop-class performance without any tradeoff in mobility," Jecmen said. About IDF The Intel Developer Forum is Intel's premier technical forum comprising a multitude of sessions and hands-on labs and more than 100 demonstrations of cutting-edge products and technologies. Intel Developer Forums are held throughout the world in the United States, Asia, Japan and Europe and attract thousands of hardware and software developers, of whom nearly 30 percent are focused on software. Now in its third year, the conference provides hardware OEMs (original equipment manufacturers), IHVs (independent hardware vendors), and ISVs (independent software vendors) with in-depth information on Intel technologies and initiatives. More information on the Intel Developer Forums can be found at http://developer.intel.com/design/idf. Updated information is also available between Intel Developer Forums by subscribing to the Intel Developer Update Magazine at http://developer.intel.com/update/. Intel, the world's largest chip maker, is also a leading manufacturer of computer, networking and communications products. Additional information about Intel is available at www.intel.com/pressroom. * Third party marks and brands are the property of their respective holders. For more information Please Contact : Kanpirom Ungpakorn Shandwick International (Thailand) Ltd. (66 2) 257 0300 [email protected] End. -AN-

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