Re: Micron to support AMD chip
Wow.
Klein declined to comment on HotRail's market exit, but sources said
high-performance Athlon servers could connect any number of processors to an
equal number of Samurai chipsets. The Athlon architecture is able to use
individual 266-MHz processor bus lines, each of which talks to its own chipset,
as opposed to Intel's architecture, which uses a shared processor-bus line.
Klein refrained from setting a timetable for mass marketing of the Samurai.
"We're currently working fast and furiously on an Athlon DDR chipset solution,"
he said. "We'll be a player in the Athlon market."
While Micron is eyeing opportunities in the Athlon arena, the company's foundry
partner hopes to tie the Samurai to Intel's Pentium III, according to sources.
That could pose a threat to the chip giant, which has steadfastly refused to
develop a DDR-enabled chipset for its high-end processor.
According to observers, a maverick Pentium III chipset supplier could undermine
Intel's efforts to jump-start support for Direct RDRAM, and would open a second
market front against the company, which already is bracing for rival lower-end
chipsets that support DDR SDRAM from Taiwanese IC makers Acer, SiS, and Via.
Thanks for the good news, Milo!
Regards,
Dan |
