NXP Announces First PC Power Supply Solution to Achieve the 80 PLUS Gold Standard

GreenChip PC Chipset Enables Industry to Deliver Greener PCs
EINDHOVEN, Netherlands--(Business Wire)--
NXP Semiconductors, the independent semiconductor company founded
by Philips, today announced that its GreenChip PC chipset has achieved
80 PLUS Gold certification for a reference design, as set by Ecos
Consulting and the 80 PLUS Program. With efficiency of well over 90
percent, this is the first PC desktop power supply reference solution
to meet the stringent demands of the Gold standard, helping to enable
the PC industry to accelerate its green power roadmaps.

NXP is the first company to create a cost-effective
energy-efficient chipset for PC power supplies, which is easy to
manufacture and ready to deliver to the mass consumer market now.
Desktops with the NXP GreenChip PC solution installed will cut energy
losses up to 50 percent compared to the average desktop. Installing
the GreenChip PC will have a dramatic impact on the amount of power
consumed. NXP estimates that 160 million desktop PCs equipped with 80
PLUS Gold-certified supplies will save the equivalent of 200 million
tons of CO2 emission.

NXP's GreenChip PC chipset solution has been designed to exceed
all relevant current and future industry standards. By future-proofing
the chipset, NXP has made it easier for the PC industry to develop
power-efficient products today and tomorrow.

Edwin Kluter, marketing director, power solutions product line,
NXP Semiconductors, said: "We are pleased to announce that NXP's
GreenChip PC solution has passed this significant landmark. Passing
the 80 PLUS Gold standard demonstrates NXP's commitment to the process
of reducing power consumption. The company is pushing manufacturers to
deliver greener products today by providing a solution that is
available now."

"We want to recognize NXP for being first in the industry to reach
the 80 PLUS Gold level for a multiple output reference design," said
Jason Boehlke, channel manager for Ecos Consulting and the 80 PLUS
program. "The value of 80 PLUS is made available by a partnership
between manufacturers, utilities and consumers and is helping to bring
forward new market innovations and efficiencies that are helping to
enable greener IT solutions."

GreenChip PC Features

Key features of the NXP GreenChip PC chipset include:

-- Highly efficient secondary side "controlled switch" concept

-- Scalability through the selection of external components which
set the output power and efficiency of the supply

-- Active Clamp Reset with integrated switch, lowering the
breakdown voltage demand for the power components

-- Integrated standby and housekeeping functionality, reducing
the number of external components required to meet energy star
standby requirements

-- Independent regulation of output voltages resulting in perfect
cross regulation

-- Fanless design allowing for living room computing applications

-- Fits standard ATX size box

Availability

The GreenChip PC chipset solution is available now and shipping in
Europe, the US, APAC and Japan.

About NXP Semiconductors

NXP is a top 10 semiconductor company founded by Philips more than
50 years ago. Headquartered in Europe, the company has 37,000
employees working in more than 20 countries and posted sales of USD
6.3 billion in 2007. NXP creates semiconductors, system solutions and
software that deliver better sensory experiences in mobile phones,
personal media players, TVs, set-top boxes, identification
applications, cars and a wide range of other electronic devices. News
from NXP is located at www.nxp.com.

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respect to the financial condition, results of operations and business
of NXP and certain plans and objectives of NXP with respect to these
items. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risk and
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NXP Semiconductors
Rebecca Samuel, +1-408-474-8769 (USA)
rebecca.samuel@nxp.com
Freek van Vlerken, +31 40 27 25181 (Europe)
freek.van.vlerken@nxp.com
Mark Chisholm, +65 6882 5092 (APAC)
mark.chisholm@nxp.com
Jannet Chen, +86 21 22055883 (Greater China)
jannet.chen@nxp.com

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