AMD Embedded Processors to Power Eagle Wireless Convergent Set-Top Boxes

Eagle Wireless International (AMEX: EAG),
together with Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
(NYSE: AMD), is debuting AMD’s latest embedded
processor line in Eagle’s most advanced
Convergent Set-Top Box (CSTB), the Webflyer
500 Series, during the Embedded Systems
Conference in the San Jose Convention Center
(AMD Booth No. 1328) in San Jose, California,
September 26 - 28, 2000.

The advanced Webflyer 500 Series utilizes the
new AMD-K6(TM) IIIE+ processor and will be
demonstrating its quality streaming video
capabilities. According to Dr. H. Dean Cubley,
President and CEO of Eagle Wireless, “The
exceptional high-performance and efficient
power consumption of the AMD-K6-IIIE+
processor makes it ideal for the multimedia
functions of Eagle’s most advanced CSTBs.”

Dr. Cubley went on to note that Eagle has been
collaborating with AMD over the past several
months to beta test the new processor line.
“Because the advanced multimedia functions of
our premium CSTBs require much more
processing capability than the typical STB or
conventional single-function Internet appliance,”
says Cubley, “and because AMD’s new processor
offers high performance and low power
consumption, Eagle plans to use the new
AMD-K6(TM)-IIIE+ processors exclusively in our
high-end 500 Series Convergent Set-Top-Box.”

Eagle’s Webflyer 500 Series streams MPEG2 and
MPEG4 video through broadband DSL systems,
digital cable systems and Ethernet networks.
Service providers will be able to deliver true
video-on-demand content at the user’s request,
similar to other pay-per-view-services. Now, end
users who use true video-on-demand services
will be able to view programs whenever they
choose rather than waiting for them to be
scheduled. AMD’s processor powers Eagle’s
Convergent Set-Top Box and allows the Webflyer
500 Series to stream video, play DVDs and
operate 3D games, all in one device.

“The video-on-demand features (streaming
video) of Eagle’s Webflyer serve as an excellent
host for AMD’s 3DNow! and AMD PowerNow!(TM)
technologies. The high-end, multimedia set-top
box market is expected to expand rapidly as
bandwidth for the Internet increases and digital
interactive TV applications begin to emerge, and
this has the potential to become a very
important market for AMD’s x86 embedded
processor line,” said Paul Smith, product and
business marketing manager with AMD’s
Embedded Processors Division.