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Alliance Semiconductor Corporation, a worldwide provider of analog and mixed signal products, high-performance memory products, connectivity and networking solutions for the communications, computing, embedded, industrial and consumer markets, received recognition as one of "The Best New Products" in EE Times' eeProductCenter Ultimate Products for its HyperTransport-to-PCI-X Bridge (the AS90L10204). The AS90L10204 was selected by the publication's engineering readership as one of the top 10 Logic and Programmable Logic products introduced during the first quarter of 2004. Alliance's AS90L10204, works with AMD's Opteron™ and Athlon™ families of X86-microprocessors, as well as with Transmeta's Efficeon™ microprocessor. The AS90L10204, microprocessor and a south bridge, create a three-piece chipset that bridges the HyperTransport interface from the Opteron, Athlon or Efficeon microprocessors to the PCI-X bus. This enables system manufacturers to tap into the vast infrastructure of peripherals and system components based on PCI-X, such as Network Interface Cards (NICs), RAID Controllers, Host Bus Adaptors (HBA) and others. "This recognition is another validation of our revolutionary technology," said Robert Napaa, vice president of marketing for Alliance's System Solutions and Memory Business Units. "The AS90L10204 HyperTransport-to-PCI-X Bridge expands the possibilities of today's PC and server system architectures by providing new design options based on the HyperTransport technology." The AS90L10204 supports two 8-bit HyperTransport interfaces that provide 1.6 GB per second of bandwidth in each direction and a single 64-bit, 133-MHz PCI-X bus which enables the connectivity to a variety of PCI-X based peripherals and add-on cards.