Hello Bill,
something different.
ebnews.com
Intel going after the FIC SD11 Athlon mobo.
Some places, AMDZOne and JC's is asking why Intel is going after the SD11 Athlon board.
Well, after some research, it uses the same southbridge 686 chip the Apollo Pro133 does.
Now what the chip does that Intel is after, I'll defer to someone else.
VT82C686A PSIPC
PCI SUPER-I/O INTEGRATED PERIPHERAL CONTROLLER
PC98 COMPLIANT PCI-TO-ISA BRIDGE
WITH INTEGRATED SUPER-I/O (FDC, LPT, COM1/2, AND IR),
INTEGRATED HARDWARE SOUNDBLASTER/DIRECT SOUND AC97 AUDIO,
ULTRADMA-33/66 MASTER MODE PCI-EIDE CONTROLLER,
USB CONTROLLER, KEYBOARD CONTROLLER, RTC,
DISTRIBUTED DMA, SERIAL IRQ, PLUG AND PLAY,
ACPI, ENHANCED POWER MANAGEMENT, SMBUS, AND
TEMPERATURE, VOLTAGE, AND FAN-SPEED MONITORING
Something in the preceding list must belong to iNTEL?
OR does iNTEL believe they own PC133 EVERYTHING?
steve |
