Jim, thanx for posting the Aces news, here's some comments:
Thursday, April 6, 2000 - 1:45:52 AM
Some interesting news bits from Ctech Taiwan , confirming some of the rumors we have earlier heard:
Spitfire and Thunderbird will debut at the end of April and May respectively
great news if true
Spitfire will start at 550 Mhz
Right where the K6-2 ends. I expect the TOP speed offered by AMD will be 100 MHz higher than Intel's fastest available Celumine, and they will maintain that 100 MHz no matter what Intel does.
VIA has been shipping 300,000 to 400,000 KX133 chipsets per month for the past two months
AMD expects to ship 2.5 million Athlon processors in Q2 2000
KX-133 is a good ramp. The AMD goal makes the April/May dates more believable, because AMD could never sell 2.5M Athlon in Q2 without some Spitfires and TBirds.
Socket-A's companion chipset from VIA, KZ133, will go into mass production in May
I believe the Spitfire and TBird will work fine with the "old" KX133. The KZ133 is a "low end," cheaper chipset, so it isn't necessary for intro of either part.
The integrated KM133 chipset, which incorparates Savage4, will enter the market around July or August
KM133's 3D should be a vast improvement over Timna, but Timna will probably beat it to market by a month or two.
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