Motorola Announces Pricing and General Sampling of the PowerPC 603 Chip

AUSTIN, Texas, May 3, 1994--Continuing its price/performance lead,
Motorola's RISC Microprocessor Division today announced pricing and
sampling of the PowerPC 603 microprocessor. Aggressively priced at $160
for 66MHz and $199 at 80MHz in quantities of 20,000, the PowerPC 603 is
expected to drive the cost of entry-level desktop computers below $2,000
and allow new levels of performance in portable systems. The PowerPC 603
is available now in sample quantities through Motorola's sales channels.

"Motorola continues on-time delivery of high-powered microprocessors at
competitive price points--enabling our customers to quickly bring PowerPC
products to market," said Les Crudele, vice president and general manager,
Motorola RISC Microprocessor Division. "The PowerPC 603 clearly leads the
industry by enabling systems vendors to develop high-performance,
low-power portables at unprecedented price points."

Based on a reduced instruction set computing (RISC) architecture, the
PowerPC 603 offers workstation-level performance packed into a low-power
consumption, low-cost design ideal for notebooks, desktop computers and
battery-powered systems. The chip is scheduled to be in volume production
in the third quarter of 1994.

Using the SPEC CPU benchmarks, the 603 delivers performance greater than 75
SPECint92 and 85 SPECfp92 at a clock frequency of 80MHz. The chip is based
on a 0.5 micron Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) technology
and incorporates 1.6 million transistors. The PowerPC 603 features a
low-power 3.3-volt design with three powersaving modes--nap, doze and
sleep. These user-programmable modes progressively reduce the power drawn
by the processor.

The family of PowerPC microprocessors is designed to address a wide range
of computing requirements, from portable and desktop computers to
mid-range workstations and servers, to multi-processing, fault-tolerant
and supercomputing systems. PowerPC microcontrollers also will be used for
embedded control applications in automotive and consumer products.

The PowerPC family has the broadest software support of any microprocessor
in the industry. Systems based on the PowerPC will run applications for
Apple's Systems 7, IBM's AIX and OS/2, as well as DOS, PowerOpen, Solaris,
Taligent, Windows and Windows NT.

Companies developing PowerPC systems and subsystems include Apple Computer,
Canon, DayStar Digital, Ford Motor Co., Groupe Bull, Harris, IBM, ISG,
Motorola Computer Group, Parsytec, PowerHouse, Scientific Atlanta, Shannon
Computer, Tadpole, the Taiwan New PC Consortium, THOMSON-CSF and YARC.

Having 1993 worldwide sales of $5.7 billion, Motorola's Semiconductor
Products Sector is the largest U.S.-based broad line supplier of
semiconductors, with a balanced portfolio of more than 50,000 devices.
Motorola is one of the world's leading providers of wireless
communications, semiconductors, and advanced electronic systems and
services. Major equipment businesses include cellular telephone, two-way
radio, paging and data communications, personal communications,
automotive, defense and space electronics and computers. Communication
devices, computers and millions of consumer products are powered by
Motorola semiconductors. Motorola's 1993 sales were $17 billion.

Motorola, Inc.
RISC Microprocessor Division
P.O. Box 202558
Austin, Texas 78720-9895
(800) 845-MOTO

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