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MILPITAS, California, November 13, 1995--NexGen®, Inc. (NASDAQ: NXGN) today announced the P133 and P120 Nx586 processors, the first in a planned series of higher-performing members of its Nx586® processor family. The Nx586 processor is the leading fifth-generation Pentium® processor alternative currently in production.
"The P133 and P120 versions of the Nx586 processor continue our commitment to offer high performance processors at an excellent value," stated Atiq Raza, President and Chief Executive Officer of NexGen. Mr. Raza added, "NexGen's focus is to perpetuate a superior value proposition for OEMs and end-users in the mainstream, high-volume PC market."
The Nx586-P133 and Nx586-P120 processors, which are clocked at 133 MHz and 120 MHz respectively, perform up to 50% faster than Intel Corporation's 133-MHz and 120-MHz Pentiums, respectively, at a far superior value.
For example, utilizing Symantec™'s Norton™ Utilities for Windows 95 in identical configurations, the Nx586-P133 processor scores 37.6, or 50% higher than Pentium's 133MHz score of 24.7. Similarly, the Nx586-P120 processor scores 33.8, or 50% higher than Pentium's 120MHz score of 22.6. This benchmark simulates the typical workload of common 32-bit Windows applications while running under Windows 95. On CPUmark32 in identical configurations, a CPU benchmark focusing on 32-bit applications, the Nx586-P133 processor obtains a score of 248, nearly 20% higher than the Pentium 133MHz score of 210. The Nx586-P120 processor obtains a score of 227, more than 15% higher than Pentium's 120MHz score of 196.
Both the Nx586-P133 and Nx586-P120 processors are sampling now with production availability expected December, 1995. The Nx586-P133 processor is priced at $447 each, in 1000-unit quantities, while the Nx586-P120 processor is priced at $303, in like quantities.
These new members of the Nx586 family are based on the patented RISC86® microarchitecture pioneered in the Nx586 product line. The superscalar RISC86 microarchitecture applies RISC performance techniques to the x86 instruction set, as well as incorporating the state-of-the-art computer architecture techniques of out-of-order execution, speculative execution, register renaming, data forwarding, and 2-level branch prediction. The new processors also continue to incorporate the industry's most advanced caching, with 32 Kbytes of level one cache and an on-chip level 2 cache controller with a private full-speed 64-bit level 2 cache bus.
The P133 and P120 are the first of NexGen's Nx586 processors to be manufactured using IBM's 5S process consisting of 0.44 micron CMOS silicon technology, up to five layers of metal interconnect, on 8-inch silicon wafers. NexGen believes the IBM process is one of the most advanced volume production processes available in the industry. Furthermore, IBM's C4 "flip-chip" packaging technology is being used in the manufacture of the NexGen products whereby the silicon die is attached via solder bumps within the die, resulting in high reliability and low cost.
NexGen, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXGN) develops and utilizes industry-leading processor technologies to deliver high performance x86 processors to mainstream PC users. The Milpitas, California-based company currently holds many patents for its leading-edge x86 processor technology and has several more patents in process. For product information, call 1-800-8NEXGEN (1-800-863-9436) or (408) 435-0202, or you can reach us on the Web at http://www.nexgen.com.