EEMBC Announces Benchmark Scores for AMCC's PowerPC(R) 440EP Processor

EL DORADO HILLS, Calif., July 11 /PRNewswire/ -- The Embedded Microprocessor Benchmark Consortium (EEMBC) today announced that benchmark scores are now available for Applied Micro Circuits Corporation's (NASDAQ: AMCC) 667-MHz and 533-MHz PowerPC 440EP processors. These EEMBC(R) benchmark scores will aid designers in selecting high-performance system-on- chip (SoC) processors.

The new 440EP processor scores will allow designers to make detailed comparisons between the 533-MHz and 667-MHz 440EP processor and other similar processors, which were tested in an out-of-the-box environment using a PowerPC 4.0.5 compiler from Green Hills Software, Inc.

     EEMBC Benchmark     AMCC 667-MHz     AMCC 533-MHz    Consolidated scores
          Suite         PowerPC 440EP    PowerPC 440EP         units

     Networking              12.4             10.5           Netmarks
     Telecom                 16.4             13.1           Telemarks
     Consumer                60.6             51.2           Consumermarks
     Automotive/Industrial  576.0            463.8           Automarks
     Office Automation      594.8            559.4           Oamarks

Delivering performance and a rich mix of features, AMCC's 440EP processor addresses a wide range of applications including imaging, wireless access, industrial control, and networking. AMCC's PowerPC 440EP processor features 64K L1 caches, 100-133 MHz IBM CoreConnect(TM) bus technology, Nand Flash support, and a single/double-precision floating point unit. On-chip peripherals include 32-bit DDR266 SDRAM, two integrated 10/100 Ethernet ports, USB, UARTs, IIC, SPI, and PCI.

"Our highly integrated 440EP processor is a low-cost solution for applications from wireless access to multi-function printers," said Sam Fuller, vice president of marketing, AMCC Embedded Products Group. "Application code compatibility with other PowerPC processors means our customers can bring products to market quickly and at a low cost to satisfy changing needs. And to help our customers further accelerate their system development time, we have recently introduced a new 440EP evaluation kit. The kit provides users with a comprehensive set of resources including a custom-designed evaluation board, industry-standard software development tools, sample applications, system-level benchmarks, and hardware design files."

"When you combine the performance of AMCC's 440EP processor with the efficiency of Green Hills compilers, the results are impressive," said Markus Levy, EEMBC president. "These scores will provide designers with additional objective data to help in selecting the optimal processor for their given application."

Detailed score reports on the AMCC PowerPC 440EP are available now for free from the EEMBC Web site (www.eembc.org).

About EEMBC

EEMBC, the Embedded Microprocessor Benchmark Consortium, develops and certifies real-world benchmarks and benchmark scores to help designers select the right embedded processors for their systems. Every processor submitted for EEMBC benchmarking is tested for parameters representing different workloads and capabilities in communications, networking, consumer, office automation, automotive/industrial, embedded Java, and microcontroller-related applications. With members including leading semiconductor, intellectual property, and compiler companies, EEMBC establishes benchmark standards and provides certified benchmarking results through the EEMBC Certification Labs (ECL) in Texas.

EEMBC's members include Altera, AMCC, AMD, Analog Devices, ARC, ARM, Atmel, Broadcom, CEVA, esmertec, Faraday, Freescale Semiconductor, Fujitsu Microelectronics, Green Hills Software, IAR Systems AB, IBM, Imagination Technologies, Improv Systems, Infineon Technologies, Intel, IPFlex, LSI Logic, Marvell Semiconductor, Matsushita Electric Industrial, Mentor Graphics, Metaware, MetroWerks, MIPS Technologies, National Instruments, National Semiconductor, NEC Electronics, Nokia, Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd, Patriot Scientific, Philips Semiconductors, PMC-Sierra, Qualcomm, Raza Microelectronics, Red Hat, Renesas Technology, Rockwell Collins, Sandbridge Technologies, Sony Computer Entertainment, ST Microelectronics, Stretch, Sun Microsystems, Sunplus Technology, Symbian Ltd, Tao Group, Tensilica, Texas Instruments, Toshiba, Transmeta, VIA Technologies, and Wind River Systems.

About AMCC

AMCC provides the essential building blocks for the processing, moving, and storing of information worldwide. The company blends systems and software expertise with high-performance, high-bandwidth silicon integration to deliver silicon, hardware, and software solutions for global wide area networks (WAN), embedded applications such as PowerPC and programmable SOC architectures, storage area networks (SAN), and high-growth storage markets such as Serial ATA (SATA) RAID. AMCC's corporate headquarters are located in San Diego, Calif. Sales and engineering offices are located throughout the world. For further information regarding AMCC, please visit the company's Web site at http://www.amcc.com.

CONTACT: Markus Levy of The Embedded Microprocessor Benchmark Consortium,
+1-530-672-9113, or fax, +1-530-672-9439, Email Contact, for The Embedded Microprocessor Benchmark
Consortium

Web site: http://www.amcc.com/
http://www.eembc.org/