Rambus Unveils Redwood, the Industry's Fastest Parallel Bus Logic Interface
Intel Developer Forum 2003
Interface Family is Capable of Running Up to Ten Times Faster
Than Best-of-Class Processor Busses With Backward
Compatibility to Existing Standards
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 17, 2003--
Rambus Inc. (Nasdaq:RMBS), a leading developer of chip-to-chip
interface products and services, today introduced its parallel bus
logic interface family, codenamed Redwood. Ideal for high volume,
low-cost systems, the Redwood family of interface products offers a
per pin data rate of 400MHz to 6.4GHz, enabling it to run up to ten
times faster than best-of-class processor busses available today.
The Redwood parallel bus interface family addresses intra-board
applications including processor, chipset and network chip
connections. It is optimized for low latency and low power parallel
bus applications, and enables the highest-pin bandwidth to reduce
overall package, board, and system costs. Additionally, Redwood can be
backwards compatible with existing LVDS-based standards such as
HyperTransport, SPI-4 and RapidIO, allowing for easy integration into
next-generation products. In order to achieve backwards compatibility,
Redwood offers customers a range of frequency and voltage support.
"Redwood technology is a perfect addition to our portfolio of
logic interface solutions as it provides our customers' with high
performance, parallel bus connections that complement our RaSer family
of high-performance serial link interfaces," said Kevin Donnelly, vice
president of Rambus' Logic Interface Division. "Furthermore, Redwood's
flexible and scalable architecture allows us to customize solutions to
further enhance the performance of our customers' products."
Elements integrated into the Redwood technology include a 400
MHz-6.4 GHz data rate range, low-voltage differential signaling,
backwards compatibility with existing standards, FlexPhase(TM) timing
calibration circuit technology, and dynamic current and termination
capabilities. Combined, all of these technologies allow Redwood to
achieve up to 6.4 GHz speeds for low-cost systems.
The Redwood family of parallel bus logic interfaces is available
now for licensing. Rambus will be disclosing more technical detail and
usage of Redwood at the Intel Developer Forum on Thursday, February 20
at 3:30 pm at the San Jose Convention Center. Additional information
on Redwood can be found at www.rambus.com/products/redwood.
About Rambus Inc.
Rambus is a leading provider of chip-to-chip interface products
and services. The company's breakthrough technology and engineering
expertise have helped leading chip and system companies to solve their
challenging interface problems and bring industry-leading products to
market. Rambus' interface solutions can be found in hundreds of
computing, consumer electronic and networking products. Additional
information on Rambus and its technology is available at
www.rambus.com.
Note to Editors: Rambus is a registered trademark and Redwood and
FlexPhase are trademarks of Rambus Inc. Other trademarks that may be
mentioned in this release are the intellectual property of their
respective owners.
CONTACT: Rambus Public Relations
Linda Ashmore, 650/947-5411
lashmore@rambus.com
or
The Hoffman Agency
Ellie O'Rourke, 408/975-3057
eorourke@hoffman.com
