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O2Micro Announces DC/DC Power Converter Support For Upcoming AMD Opteron™ and Eighth-Generation AMD Athlon™
Platforms
June 3, 2002. O2Micro International Limited (Nasdaq: OIIM),
a leading supplier of innovative power management and security ICs to mobile computer and communications manufacturers, today announced a new Direct Current-to-Direct
Current (DC/DC) product featuring patented “Enhanced Transient Control” technology in support of AMD Opteron™ and eighth-generation AMD Athlon™ processors.
O2Micro's new “OZ830/831” DC/DC controller chipset meets the power requirements and voltage tolerances
of the upcoming AMD Opteron and eighth-generation AMD Athlon platforms.
“With this new technology, O2Micro delivers power efficient, low cost DC/DC converters with fewer components for next generation
high performance CPUs in desktops, workstations, and servers”, said Sterling Du, O2Micro's Chairman and CEO.
O2Micro's patented Transient Control invention provides AMD with a power efficient, simpler, less expensive power supply that
swiftly responds to changes in output power. This innovative fast transient control circuit keeps the output voltage within pre-determined boundaries, even under
extreme power conditions. It requires fewer output capacitors and is best suited for high current, single or multiple CPU systems.
“Systems based on AMD Opteron and eighth-generation AMD Athlon platforms and O2Micro technology, will be able to provide power
and stability needed by the commercial market,” said Rich Heye, vice president platform and infrastructure, AMD. “64-bit eighth-generation AMD processors are designed
to provide performance and scalability for mission-critical enterprise applications.”
About O2Micro
Founded in April 1995, O2Micro designs, develops and markets innovative power management and security components for
mobile communication, computer, information appliance, and LCD products. Products include AudioDJ®, SmartCardBus® for secure on line e-commerce,
Intelligent Inverter® and Battery Management IC's.
O2Micro International maintains an extensive portfolio of intellectual property with 581 patent claims granted, and over 2300
more pending. The company maintains offices worldwide. Additional company and product information can be found on the company website at www.o2micro.com.
About AMD
AMD is a global supplier of integrated circuits for the personal and networked computer and communications markets with manufacturing facilities in the
United States, Europe, Japan, and Asia. AMD, a Fortune 500 and Standard & Poor's 500 company, produces microprocessors, Flash memory devices, and support circuitry
for communications and networking applications. Founded in 1969 and based in Sunnyvale, California, AMD had revenues of $3.9 billion in 2001. (NYSE: AMD).
AMD, the AMD Arrow logo, AMD Opteron, AMD Athlon and combinations thereof, are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. HyperTransport is a trademark
of the HyperTransport Technology Consortium.
Statements made in this release that are not historical, including statements regarding O2Micro's or management's intentions,
hopes, beliefs, expectations, representations, projections, plans or predictions of the future, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those set forth
in these statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include risks and uncertainties such as reduced demand for products of electronic
equipment manufacturers which include O2Micro's products due to adverse economic conditions in general or specifically affecting
O2Micro's markets, technical difficulties and delays in the development process, and errors in the products. You are also referred
to the documents filed by O2Micro with the SEC from time to time, including but not limited to the Form F-1 in connection with the
company's initial public offering in August 2000, which identify important risk factors that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the
forward-looking statements.
Contact Information:
Grace Louh, O2Micro
408.987.5920, x8051
grace.louh@o2micro.com
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