Intel Releases Long-Awaited 820-Chip Set For High-End PCs
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Intel Corp. Monday finally released its long-delayed 820-chip set designed to work with memory from Rambus Inc.
Intel (INTC) was supposed to release the 820-chip set, code-named Camino, Sept. 27, but the semiconductor giant discovered compatibility problems between the chip set and Rambus' (RMBS) technology for enabling memory chips to work faster.
The chip set controls the flow of data in high-performance personal computers, promising eight times the performance of typical dynamic random access memory, or DRAM, chips.
The delay set back personal-computer makers, including industry titans Dell Computer Corp. and Compaq Computer Corp., who planned to use the new chips in souped-up PCs and also was a factor in Intel missing Wall Street estimates for its third-quarter profit.
Monday, both Dell (DELL) and Compaq (CPQ) announced new computer workstations equipped with Intel's 820 chip. The new chip sells for $42.50 in 10,000-unit quantities.
Intel also said it is introducing two new PC desktop boards, the VC820 and CC820 desktop boards, that incorporate the new 820-chip set.
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