Press Release
*****For immediate use September 9th, 2002
NEC Delivers Industry's Leading PCI Express-Compliant Cores
-Company To Demonstrate PCI Express Transceiver Core and PCI Express Endpoint Controller Core at Intel Developer Forum 2002-
INTEL DEVELOPER FORUM, SAN JOSE, Calif., September 9, 2002 - NEC Corporation (NASDAQ: NIPNY) (FTSE: 6701q.1) (TSE: 6701) and NEC Electronics Inc., NEC's wholly owned subsidiary in the United States, today announced development of the industry's leading PCI Express(TM)-compliant intellectual property (IP) cores to enable deployment of the new PCI Express I/O (input/output) technology in ASIC designs. The NEC transceiver core based on NEC's serializer/deserializer (SerDes) technology provides ASICs with a physical layer interface to communicate with the PCI Express bus. The NEC PCI Express endpoint controller core includes a data link layer and transaction layer architecture and enables data transfer to the switch fabric. NEC is jointly demonstrating the capabilities of these cores with Intel in the NEC booth (#424) and in the Intel Pavilion booth #31 at the Intel Developer Forum 2002, September 9-12 at the San Jose Convention Center.
NEC's ASIC customers can leverage these cores in designs for the network server and the desktop and laptop PC markets, which will provide the benefit of high bandwidth per pin to enable small form factors, simplify board design and routing, and reduce signal integrity issues.
"PCI Express architecture was designed to deliver next-generation I/O performance with minimal development time, as it follows the established PCI software model to provide a smooth transition to new hardware," said Jason Ziller, Technology Initiatives Manager, Intel Corporation. "With the introduction of these two macro cores, NEC is among the leading ASIC vendors to deliver solutions to customers so they may begin developing products that take advantage of this promising new technology."
Product Highlights
NEC developed the PCI Express cores using its latest mass production process, the UX4, a 0.15-micron CMOS technology node, enabling high integration and lower-voltage ASIC designs. NEC has a variety of libraries associated with its CB-12 cell-based process, which uses the UX4 technology. NEC's new PCI Express transceiver and endpoint controller cores can be fully integrated with these libraries, giving customers broad and deep solutions in server and networking applications in addition to PC applications.
Key features of NEC's PCI Express SerDes and endpoint controller cores include:
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Compliance with PCI Express base specification revision 1.0
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Support for multiple lane x1, x4, x8 and so forth
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Inclusion of data link and transaction layer
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One 64-bit user interface data bus per engine
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Support for multiple bus master engines and auto response target engines
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Support for multifunction devices
"At NEC, we are committed to providing our customers with solutions that enable the use of the latest interconnect technologies the market has to offer," said Takatoshi Koga, chief manager, Network Core Development Division, System LSI Operation Unit, NEC Electron Devices, NEC Corporation. "NEC's SerDes design and fabrication experience has allowed us to deliver the industry's leading PCI Express macro cores, greatly accelerating our customers' time to market for PCI Express-enabled products."
PCI Express Technology
PCI Express (formerly 3GIO) is a new I/O technology that is compatible with the current PCI software environment. PCI Express defines a packetized protocol and a load/store architecture. Its layered architecture enables attachment to copper, optical or emerging physical signaling media. PCI Express uses an embedded clocking scheme to enable better frequency scaling and provides many advanced features as well as innovative form factors. It can be used for chip-to-chip and add-in card applications to provide connectivity for adapter cards, as a graphics I/O attach point for increased graphics bandwidth, as well as an attach point to other interconnects like IEEE-1394b, USB 2.0, InfiniBand(R) architecture and Ethernet.
Availability
NEC's PCI-Express-compliant cores are expected to be available in early 2003.
About NEC Corporation
NEC Corporation (NASDAQ: NIPNY) (FTSE: 6701q.1) is one of the world's leading providers of Internet, broadband network and enterprise business solutions dedicated to meeting the specialized needs of its diverse and global base of customers. Ranked as one of the world's top patent-producing companies, NEC delivers tailored solutions in the key fields of computer, networking and electron devices, through its three market-focused, in-house companies: NEC Solutions, NEC Networks and NEC Electron Devices. NEC Corporation employs more than 140,000 people worldwide and had net sales of approximately $39 billion in the fiscal year ended March 2002. For additional information, please visit the NEC home page at http://www.nec.com/.
About NEC Electronics Inc.
NEC Electronics Inc., headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., is one of the leading developers, manufacturers and suppliers of semiconductor products in the United States. Committed to meeting customers' cost, performance and time-to-market requirements, the company offers solutions ranging from standard products to system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions, as well as customized products for next-generation designs. NEC Electronics also offers customers the benefits of a local manufacturing facility in Roseville, Calif., and the global manufacturing capabilities of its parent company, NEC Corporation (NASDAQ: NIPNY). For more information about products offered by NEC Electronics Inc., visit the NEC Electronics website at http://www.necel.com.
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NEC Electronics Inc. is a registered trademark of NEC Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. PCI Express is a trademark of PCI-SIG. InfiniBand is a registered trademark of the InfiniBand Trade Association. All other registered trademarks or trademarks are property of their respective owners.
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