Infineon Technologies Samples 1-GB DDR Modules, Announces Validation of DDR Modules for AMD-based DDR Platforms

Business Wire, Jan 22, 2001

Business Editors/High Tech Writers

MUNICH, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 22, 2001

Infineon Technologies (NYSE: IFX) announces that it is sampling the highest-density 1-GB DDR module, a registered DIMM organized 128Mbit x 72. The PC1600 module is made using 36 components of 256 Mbits each, and employs stacking to achieve the highest density available today for DDR modules.

Infineon also announced that its 256MB DDR SDRAM module has been validated for use in DDR platforms based on devices from Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

"Infineon's world-class 0.17u DRAM technology has enabled us to be among the first companies to bring the 1-GB DDR DIMM to the market," said Peter Schaefer, Vice President Memory Products of Infineon Technologies Corp. in San Jose, CA. "At the upcoming Platform Conference in San Jose on January 23 and 24 we will demonstrate a DDR system with two 1-GB DDR DIMMs based on an AMD Athlon(TM) processor. With four of these DIMMs, this system can support the unprecedented DDR memory density of 4GB per PC."

The Infineon 256-MB DDR DIMMs have been validated for use with the AMD-760(TM) chipset by AMD and AMD's validation partner, SMART Modular Technologies, Inc. AMD has undertaken a major enabling effort for DDR memory for use with its Athlon-based platforms, and has created the validation program, which will contribute greatly to enabling the steep volume ramp of DDR memory in the PC, Workstation and Server industry expected for this year.

"AMD is very pleased with the validation of Infineon's DDR products for use with the AMD-760(TM) chipset", said Ned Finkle, Director of the Infrastructure Enablement Group, AMD. "We are excited that Infineon's focus on 256Mbit density and DDR266 performance is giving users of AMD's new DDR chipset with 266-Mbit/s Front Side Bus the choice of combining both top-of-the range speed with maximum memory density per system."

Samples of 256-Mbit DDR parts in the DDR200 and DDR266 versions are available immediately, along with samples of the related 256-MB unbuffered and 256-MB and 512-MB registered DIMMs. Samples of the 1-GB DDR registered DIMM will become widely available in the course of the second quarter 2001.

For additional information about Infineon's product portfolio of DRAMs and modules, please visit the following URL: http://www.infineon.com/products/memory

About Infineon

Infineon Technologies AG, Munich, Germany, offers semiconductor and system solutions for applications in the wired and wireless communications markets, for security systems and smartcards, for the automotive and industrial sectors, as well as memory products. With a global presence, Infineon operates in the US from San Jose, CA, in the Asia-Pacific region from Singapore and in Japan from Tokyo. In the fiscal year 2000 (ending September), the company achieved sales of Euro 7.28 billion with about 29,000 employees worldwide. Infineon is listed on the DAX index of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and on the New York Stock Exchange (ticker symbol: IFX). Further information is available at www.infineon.com

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