Evergreen Technologies

Evergreen Technologies, Inc. is a world leader in the engineering of performance enhancement products for personal computers. Evergreen was founded in 1989 to design and manufacture processor upgrades for 286 computers.

In April of 1990, Evergreen engineered its first prototype processor upgrade, which converted a 286 processor into a 386SX. By August of '90, Evergreen had begun full-scale production and was shipping products worldwide. The company achieved early stage profitability and began to establish itself primarily in OEM channels. Evergreen has maintained profitability while internally financing leading-edge research and development efforts.

In July of 1991, Evergreen introduced clock-doubling technology into an expanding line of processor upgrades. This enabled users to not only achieve the added performance of the newer processor's instruction set, but to double the clock speed as well.

In April of 1992, Evergreen announced the industry's first 486 processor upgrade for a 286-based computer. It converted more than 200 different models of 286-based computers ranging from 6-16 MHz to a 486SLC system running at a doubled clock speed.

In July of 1992, Evergreen introduced the industry's first 486 processor upgrade for 386DX computers and ushered in a new era in 386-to-486 processor upgrades. On September 9, 1993 Evergreen followed this introduction with the industry's first 486 processor upgrade for a 386SX.

On January 28, 1994, Evergreen introduced the REV TO 486 line of high-performance upgrades powered by IBM® 486 Blue Lightning processors. These processors feature internal clock-tripling and 16K of (L1) internal cache. An entry-level class of REV TO 486 upgrades was also introduced based on Texas Instrument® 486SXL2 processors with internal clock doubling and 8K of internal cache.

At Spring Comdex '94, Evergreen introduced the first processor upgrade to convert a 486 into an Intel DX4. The REV TO DX4 tripled system clock speeds up to 100 MHz, added 16K of L1 cache, and provided math coprocessor capacity.

On October 29, 1994, Evergreen announced an agreement whereby IBM licensed the right to trademark and manufacture Evergreen's REV TO 486 upgrades based on the IBM Blue Lightning and 486SLC2 processors. These upgrades convert a 386 into a 486 and triple the clock speed up to 100 MHz.

On May 12, 1995, Evergreen introduced the industry's first 386-to-486 processor upgrade for under $100. This upgrade retrofits all speeds of 386SX and 386DX to 486. This product is based on Texas Instruments® 486SXL2 processors with internal clock-doubling and 8K of internal cache. These products set a new industry standard for price and performance.

On September 25, 1995, Evergreen introduced the first 100 MHz 586 upgrade for 486 computers. Powered by a Cyrix 5x86 100 MHz processor, the Evergreen 586 converts a standard 168-pin 486-based desktop computer into a 100 MHz 586, and makes powerful Pentium-class technology available to millions of 486 owners.

At Fall Comdex '95, Evergreen added new Cache-back technology to the Evergreen 586, and by December of that year, released the industry's first 586/133MHz upgrade. The addition of Cache-back affects 95% of 486 users by offering a significant write-back cache performance boost to systems that previously did not support high speed cache. With this breakthrough, Evergreen's entire family of processor upgrades hurdles Intel's DX2, DX4 and Pentium-based OverDrive products in performance.

On April 16, 1996, Evergreen announced its first processor upgrade module for a 486-based computer, based on an AMDŽ 5x86/133 MHz processor. This upgrade offered the optimal price/performance value and superior compatibility.

In May of 1996, Evergreen opened its European offices in Swindon in the United Kingdom and began distributing products throughout Europe.

At Fall Comdex 1996, Evergreen rolled out its first upgrade for Pentium processor-based PCs based on the Cyrix 686L-PR166 processor. This enabled users with Intel’s Pentium motherboards to migrate from 75, 90 and 100 MHz to 166 MHz.

On April 2, 1997, Evergreen announced the industry’s first processor upgrade for Pentium processor-based systems that supported MMX™ instructions. The Evergreen MxPro processor upgrade enabled existing Pentium users to dramatically boost WindowsŽ and multimedia performance by replacing the original Pentium CPU with a high performance processor.

At Fall Comdex 1998, Evergreen introduced AcceleraPCI™, a revolutionary upgrade platform for Pentium and Pentium w/MMX processor-based PCs. The AcceleraPCI upgraded the processor, memory and system bus. The target installed base for the AcceleraPCI is over 300 million units, with corporate MIS as the target market.

On January 25, 1999, Evergreen announced the Spectra™ 333, the industry’s first processor upgrade for Pentium processor-based systems that used the AMD’s K6-2Ž with 3DNow! Ž processor technology. The Spectra 333 offered owners with Pentium processor-based systems of 75MHz and higher the optimum in price/performance.

Products

• Evergreen Technologies MxPro 200
• Evergreen Technologies 486 SuperChip
• Evergreen Technologies Rev to 486
• Evergreen Technologies Year 2000 Upgrade
• Evergreen Technologies 586/133
• Evergreen Technologies AcceleraPCI
• Evergreen Technologies Performa

News

• 1997 - Upgrade specialist Evergreen Technologies Inc, has unveiled what it claims is the first MMX upgrade for Pentium systems, using Integrated Device Technology Inc’s WinChip C6 Intel compatible chip (CI No 3,267). The company claims its BIOS upgrade technology will enable the IDT processor to be used as a direct replacement for Pentiums, regardless of the original BIOS, motherboard and voltage. The Evergreen MXPro features 64K write back cache, support for socket 5 and socket 7 and uses the company’s Flash upgrade technology and the WinChip C6. It’s compatible with 75Mhz Pentiums and higher and is available now in the US or at the end of the month in Europe priced at around $230 for a 180MHz version. Evergreen added that a 200MHz version should also be available in the next few weeks in the US.