1998-12-01 , S/IC-2049/24
Product News From Philips Semiconductors

Direct Rambus Clock Generator and CK98 system clock generator launched by new PC Motherboard Products Organization

Philips Semiconductors today announced a complete clock solution for Rambus-enabled applications with the introduction of the Direct Rambus Clock Generator (DRCG) and a CK98 system clock generator. Product samples are currently available, with volume production expected to begin in Q1, 1999.

Philips Semiconductors' PCK2011 is a DRCG that provides differential clock signals up to 400 MHz to Direct Rambus memory channels onto Rambus In Line Memory Modules (RIMMs). The PCK2010 is a spread spectrum CK98 system clock generator that provides 50/66 MHz single-ended clock signals to the DRCG, as well as several copies of the CPU, 3V66, PCI, IOAPIC, and USB clocks. As a licensee of the Rambus interface technology and a major supplier to PC motherboard manufacturers, Philips Semiconductors subscribed to Intel specifications when developing the PCK2011 and PCK2010.

"These products were developed as a result of our working relationships with PC motherboard design engineers and long-standing alliances with global manufacturers of microprocessors," said Pierre-Yves Lesaicherre, international product marketing manager for the new PC Motherboard Product organization within Philips Semiconductors' Logic Products group. "While we continue our tradition of quality and technical excellence with our established family of logic products, these new solutions are more complex and bring additional value specifically to our PC motherboard customers and to Philips Semiconductors' logic products portfolio."

Through the use of the Philips Semiconductors' I²C™ bus, a clock generator user can select frequency, spread spectrum mode, and individual DIMM enabling. Philips Semiconductors' clock generators feature low jitter, tight skews and spread spectrum capabilities to reduce EMI on the board.

Product Features

Building on its expertise as a supplier of high-volume logic products to the PC market, Philips Semiconductors recently launched the PC Motherboard Products line within the Logic Products group. An extensive array of products target four critical motherboard areas: clock generators and drivers, processors and chipset interfaces, memory interfaces, and system management ICs. "Philips Semiconductors provides a complete solution to PC motherboard designers in the four targeted areas," said Lesaicherre. "In this new PC motherboard arena, our products provide high technical and innovative content with the widely-recognized Philips quality." Additional information on Philips Semiconductors' PC motherboard products can be found at  www.philips.semiconductors.com/logic.

Philips Semiconductors, a division of Royal Philips Electronics, headquartered in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, is the ninth largest semiconductor supplier in the world and the third largest supplier of discretes in the world. Philips Semiconductors' innovations in digital audio, video, and mobile technology position the company as a leader in the consumer, multimedia and wireless communications markets. Sales offices are located in all major markets around the world and are supported by systems labs.