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Intersil Debuts ISL6505 ACPI Linear Controller

April 30, 2003 by Jeff Shepard

Intersil Corp. (Milpitas, CA) announced the new ISL6505 four-output, linear regulator with ACPI control interface, which contains four linear, low dropout regulators; switching; monitoring; protection; and control functions in a 20-lead, wide-body, small outline IC, or space-saving, near-chip-scale, 20-pad, 5 x 5 quad flat no-lead package. The ISL6505 is designed to provide powering on new Intel® i865 and i875 chipset-based motherboards with Hyper-Threading Technology.

The ISL6505 regulates a resistor-programmable +1.2V to 1.5V for the LAN or Gigabit Ethernet controller; +1.2V for the VID generating circuitry residing on-board the CPU; +3.3V (dual) for the PCI slots, LAN controller and auxiliary components; and +5V (dual) for the USB port, keyboard and mouse.

The ISL6505CB and ISL6505CR are available now. Pricing for 1,000-unit quantities is $2.30 for the ISL6505CB and $2.38 for the ISL6505CR. Tape and reel and evaluation platforms are available.