NEXGEN Nx586 FAMILY ENTERS VOLUME PRODUCTION WITH P100, P90, P80, P75
PROCESSORS

Nx586 Family Provides Across the Board Price/Performance Superiority

MILPITAS, California, September 19, 1994 - NexGen today announced volume
production of four members of the Nx586 processor family which match the
highest levels of x86 performance available. These products are being
offered at aggressive prices to enable widespread adoption by mainstream
PC OEMs and end-users.

Manufactured for NexGen by IBM Microelectronics, all four processors are
immediately available at performance levels higher than anticipated.
Simultaneously, 22 new OEMs worldwide are introducing PCs based on the
NexGen Nx586 product family. In addition, NexGen is announcing a new
floating point co-processor strategy that allows for lower-priced systems
for the vast majority of business users.

"Now more than ever the PC marketplace demands the highest performance at
reasonable prices, especially now that high-end systems are rapidly
penetrating the consumer marketplace," said Atiq Raza, President and Chief
Executive Officer of NexGen. "Thus, NexGen is driving its development and
manufacturing resources to excel in delivering on our commitment to
provide mainstream PC suppliers and users with leadership performance at
affordable prices."

New Levels of Performance

NexGen developed its high performance Nx586 family "new" from the ground up
to deliver very high performance when running actual applications; NexGen
believes this is the best measure of performance of a processor. Based on
industry standard application benchmarks, NexGen's P100 and P90 Nx586
processors match the performance of Intel Corporation's fastest 100MHz and
90MHz Pentium processors, respectively, in similarly-configured PCs.
Furthermore, NexGen's P80 and P75 Nx586 processors offer higher
performance than the low-end of the Pentium line, thereby offering OEMs
and end-users the most affordable, most attractive, entry point into
fifth-generation PCs. NexGen's product naming is designed to make it clear
to end-users how NexGen products compare to each other running actual
applications, utilizing a "P" for performance followed by a relative
performance score.

These performance levels are attained via the Nx586 architecture -- the
most advanced in the industry. The fully-x86 compatible design begins with
the five key performance elements also found in Intel's Pentium:
superscalar execution, advanced on-chip level-one code and data caches,
branch prediction, 64-bit buses, and advanced floating point capabilities.
However, the NexGen design goes further by incorporating NexGen's patented
RISC86 microarchitecture and an on-chip level 2 cache controller. The
RISC86 microarchitecture is the first full application of RISC principles
applied towards the x86 instruction set and includes many advanced
architectural features including register renaming, data forwarding,
speculative execution, and out-of-order execution.

Aggressive Pricing Promotes Widespread and Rapid Adoption

The Nx586 processors are priced, in quantities of 10,000, at $404 for the
Nx586-P75, $477 for the Nx586P80, $539 for the Nx586-P90, and $777 for the
Nx586-P100. In addition, NexGen is offering special market development
funds to PC OEMs for the purpose of ramping up quickly and promoting the
NexGen products to their customers for rapid mainstream adoption. These
prices allow PCs to be priced up to several hundred dollars less than
equivalent Pentium-based systems.

Additional PC Manufacturers Commit to NexGen based Systems

Simultaneously, additional major PC manufacturers have committed to build
NexGen-based PCs. In the U.S., Maximus, Data Storage Marketing, Duracom,
Vortex, TopData, Blackship, C*Point, Drake Systems, Diamond Technology,
NCA, PC Express, US Micro Express, Micro Simplex, PC Performance Centers,
Orientec, Computer Resource Corporation, PC Concepts, and ICS Computer
Systems have announced new products based on all four of the new Nx586
processors.

In Europe, Dan Technology, one of the largest PC companies in the UK, has
announced it will immediately begin shipping NexGen based systems.
Aquarius Systems International (ASI Computer), one of Germany's largest PC
companies, is currently demonstrating Nx586 models based on their ASI
Megaline Tower. ASI plans to begin shipping Nx586 powered PCs beginning in
November '94. International Computer Systems in the UK and Niedermeier
Data Systems in Germany also have introduced NexGen-based systems.

These new OEMs join Tangent, Alaris, Compu-Tek, Lucky, Adisys, and Impetus
who all previously announced Nx586-based PCs.

New Floating Point Strategy Lowers OEM/User Cost

End-user and OEM feedback continues to support NexGen's strategy of
offering floating point as an option, as most business applications do not
make use of this capability. Extending this strategy further, NexGen will
now offer the Nx586 processor either without the floating point
co-processor, or integrated with it in a single (multi-chip module)
package. Both of these options utilize the same zero insertion force
socket on the PC motherboard. This configuration requires no special FPU
socket on the motherboard, thus lowering the price for both OEMs and the
majority of business users. Users will be able to purchase an upgrade to
include the FPU. Availability of the Nx586 processor with FPU is first
half, 1995.

IBM/Microsoft Support

As previously announced in June, NexGen has in place a multi-year agreement
with IBM, one of the world's leading semiconductor silicon, packaging and
manufacturing suppliers, to produce the Nx586 processor family for NexGen.
The NexGen processors are being manufactured using IBM's CMOS 5L process
consisting of 0.5 micron CMOS silicon technology, up to 5 layers of metal
interconnect, and 8-inch silicon wafers. This is one of the most advanced
volume production processes available in the industry. In addition, the
Nx586 processors incorporate IBM's C4 "flip-chip" packaging technology
whereby the silicon die is attached via solder bumps within the die,
resulting in high reliability and low cost.

All these advanced technologies are designed to be fully x86 binary-code
compatible. Most recently, NexGen has received the right from Microsoft
Corporation to use the Windows Compatible logo with its Nx586 processor
assuring OEMs and end-users of full compatibility with Windows. In
addition, XXCAL, a leading independent compatibility testing laboratory,
has tested the Nx586 processor with their most rigorous compatibility test
suites over a range of operating system environments and awarded the
NexGen processor with its highest seal of compatibility--the Platinum
certification.

NexGen, Inc., founded in 1986, develops and utilizes industry-leading
processor technologies to deliver high performance x86 processors to
mainstream PC users. The Milpitas, California-based company currently
holds many patents for its leading-edge x86 processor technology and has
several more patents in process. NexGen is funded by several blue chip
technology investors including Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, ASCII
Corporation, Compaq Computer Corporation, Olivetti Corporation,
PaineWebber Inc., and Harvard Management Company. For product information,
call 1-800-8NEXGEN (1-800-863-9436) or 408-435-0202.

NexGen
1623 Buckeye Dr
Milpitas, CA 95035
408-435-0202,  fax 408-435-0262

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