Press Release: The QBM Alliance announces that Silicon Integrated Systems Corp. (SiS) has joined the Alliance
Posted By Kathy Smith
Date: January 16, 2002
The goal of the QBM Alliance is to continue to work with industry leading
companies to implement the price/performance leading QBM technology into
computer systems and telecommunication routers.
Wilmington, MA (January 16, 2002) - The QBM Alliance,
an international alliance founded by Kentron Technologies (www.kentrontech.com),
is aimed at positioning Quad Band Memory (QBM) technology as an industry
standard. The Alliance announced today that Silicon Integrated Systems Corp. (SiS)
has been added to the growing membership roster of the QBM Alliance. QBM
technology utilizes the current, low cost DDR memory devices and new, faster
switching technology to deliver the highest memory bandwidth in the industry. As
part of the QBM Alliance Program, SiS, along with the other members in the
Alliance, will receive sales and technical assistance as well as broad marketing
support such as added Internet presence and traditional marketing and
promotional activities from Kentron Technologies. All members of the Alliance
Program have worldwide presence on the official QBM web site at
www.quadbandmemory.com.
The Alliance program has been developed to include leading
companies that provide critical DDR based system solutions such as memory
controllers, system motherboards, routers, components and memory modules.
Alliance members receive available resources from Kentron that includes QBM
modules, simulation models, design guides, documentation, and engineering
support for technology evaluation and product implementation. Through the QBM
Alliance, members representing best-in-class complementary solutions to
Kentron’s QBM memory technology, can participate in the evaluation and
implementation of products using QBM memory related technology and receive the
most current updated technical design assistance. “We are very pleased to
announce that a leading core logic supplier, SiS, has joined the QBM Alliance,”
said Bob Goodman, CEO of Kentron Technologies. “We welcome SiS to the growing
number of key memory industry players that are assisting in the development of
solutions based upon the QBM technology.”
"As a leading chipset supplier, SiS is poised to offer the best
price/performance products to the market. By being a member of the QBM Alliance,
SiS further extends her capability to deliver on such a commitment," said Shing
Wong, Senior Vice President of SiS.
Other members of the QBM Alliance include Acer Laboratories, Avant Technology,
Denali Software, Integrated Circuit Systems, Kentron Technologies, Peripheral
Enhancements, PNY Technologies, ST Microelectronics and Via Technologies.
ABOUT KENTRON TECHNOLOGIES
Founded in 1996, Kentron Technologies specializes in
the design, engineering and manufacturing of advanced memory products and
platforms to meet the speed and density requirements of high performance
systems. With patented memory solutions, Kentron is pioneering new technologies
that will lay the foundation for future platforms and networks and solve the
memory density and speed issues faced by the Internet server and router
marketplace. These memory platforms achieve the highest “per socket” densities
in the world without the premium costs that might be expected of such leading
edge technology. Kentron manufactures its products in three locations in the
United States and maintains a world-class engineering and R&D facility in
Massachusetts. Kentron Technologies corporate headquarters is based at 155 West
Street in Wilmington. MA.
Attention Editors: for additional information about Kentron Technologies, Inc.
please contact Andrea Echavarria, Kentron Technologies, Inc., 155 West Street,
Wilmington, MA, at (978) 988-9100, extension 4161, or at
andrea@kentrontech.com. Additional
information is available at the Company’s website
http://www.kentrontech.com.
ABOUT SIS, SILICON INTEGRATED SYSTEMS
Silicon Integrated Systems Corp. (SiS) was founded in
1987 and is located in HsinChu Science-based Industrial Park in northern Taiwan.
The company focuses on developing, manufacturing and marketing leading-edge
logic products, including core logic, multimedia and connectivity. For further
information, please visit the SiS website at
http://www.sis.com or contact: Ms. Ellie Yin 886-2-29161619 ext. 346
ellie@sis.com.tw Ms. Jessie Lee
886-2-29161619 ext. 341 jessie@sis.com.tw
Miss Michele Huang 886-2-29161619 ext. 345
michele@sis.com.tw.
PR Contact
Andrea Echavarria-Pruna
Kentron Technologies, Inc
(978) 988-9100, ext. 4161
andrea@kentrontech.com
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