AMD announces MS development support for Alchemy Au1500 processor

By Alun Williams

Posted on 8 Jul 2003 at 11:29

AMD has announced Microsoft development support for the AMD Alchemy Au1500 processor. Specifically, Microsoft has released Board Support Package (BSP) to speed the development of Windows CE-based systems, such as thin clients, handheld devices and wireless access points.

According to Todd Warren, general manager of Microsoft's Embedded and Appliance Platforms Group: 'Our BSP support of the DBAu1500 delivers the foundation needed to rapidly create the next generation of media-rich, reliable, small-footprint Windows CE-based devices.'

With this latest the entire AMD Alchemy Solutions processor family is now certified on Windows CE 4.2. The development kit - the Windows CE .NET 4.2 BSP for AMD Alchemy Solutions DBAu1500, to give it its full name - includes source code, device drivers, and a set of configuration files.

The Au1500 is a system on a chip (SOC) processor available at speeds of 333MHz, 400MHz and 500MHz, with power dissipation of less than 400 milliwatts that features a 32-bit PCI Controller, two 10/100 Ethernet Controllers and USB support. It is designed to provide lower system costs and smaller, simpler designs - more functionality with low-power requirements.

You can find more info on the AMD website.

The AMD Alchemy processors result from AMD's acquisition of Alchemy Semiconductor back in February 2002. At the time, AMD saw the convergence of technologies (such as wireless broadband communications, low-power but high-performance processors and innovatively-designed mobile devices) as part of the future beyond personal computers sitting on desktops.

See also

AMD looking for gold beyond PCs
Microsoft polishes its embedded OS
AMD applies Alchemy to WLAN chipsets