Alienware Corp. Announces Aurora DDR Featuring
Alienware Corp. Announces Aurora DDR Featuring
Miami, Florida --
3/22/2001 --
Alienware Corp. today announced it will offer Aurora DDR systems featuring the 1.33GHz AMD Athlon™ processor with Double Data Rate, or DDR, memory.
The 1.33GHz AMD Athlon processor combined with DDR memory sets the standard for performance PC processors, delivering the ultimate computing experience for commercial users and consumers.
"Alienware Corp. is proud to unveil its line of Aurora DDR based on the 1.33GHz AMD Athlon processor, designed for uncompromised business and home computing. "Whether the task involves digital content creation, compute intensive applications, gaming, or audio and video editing, users will get the performance and stability they require to get the job done," said Frank Azor, Senior Vice-President, Alienware Corp.
About the AMD Athlon™ Processor
The AMD Athlon™ processor is an x86-compatible, seventh-generation design featuring a superpipelined, nine-issue superscalar microarchitecture optimized for high clock frequency; the industry's first fully pipelined, superscalar floating point unit for x86 platforms; high-performance cache architecture, now featuring 384KB of total on-chip cache (256KB of on-chip level (L2) cache and 128KB of on-chip level (L1) cache); enhanced 3DNow!™ technology with 24 additional instructions designed to improve integer math calculations, data movement for Internet streaming, and DSP communications. The AMD Athlon processor features either a 266MHz Front Side Bus (FSB) or a 200MHz FSB based on the Alpha™ EV6 bus protocol. AMD Athlon processors are manufactured using AMD's 0.18-micron process technology in Fab 25 in Austin, Texas and AMD's 0.18 micron copper technology in Fab 30 in Dresden, Germany.
About Alienware Corp.
Alienware Corporation, established in 1996, manufactures high-end computer gaming machines, DV systems, and high performance workstations. Alienware has earned numerous awards for excellence in the computer industry and is a respected, globally recognized brand name. For more information contact Alienware at (800) 494-3382 or visit their Web site at www.alienware.com.
