Summary of upcoming chipsets
This was a news item last month but there was some confusion about what chipset did what so a repost might clear a few things up.
"We decided to sum up all the information about the major chipset makers future plans. As everything changes very fast in the industry we'll look only to the H1'2001 (and of course, even this info can be changed later).
January: VIA will release KT266, while integrated chipsets still have SDRAM support - KLE133 will be launched. As for integrated chipsets, ATI seems to become a leader with its new ArtX2+. SiS will also launch SiS 740 chipset…
February: VIA is going to release PM266 with improved S3's graphics core code-named Paramount (about 40% higher performance in 3D applications is promised). Micron will launch its Scimitar chipset.
March: the first new generation integrated chipset for Athlon - VIA KM266. SiS will reply with SiS 640 and SiS 550. ALi will launch its M1648, and the first chipset from NVIDIA, Crush 11 and Crush 12, will enter the market.
April: VIA will release its new KL266 integrated chipset without external AGP support. i815EP will get the Tualatin CPU support.
May: nothing special
June: everything and everyone becomes integrated - ALi with its M1657 and ATI with its newest code-named A3 chipset.
All the competitors in brief:
VIA KT266 - Socket A, 266MHz FSB support, DDR SDRAM
VIA KLE133 - Socket A, 200 MHz FSB, SDRAM, integrated graphics
ATI ArtX2+ - Socket 370, FSB 133MHz, DDR SDRAM, integrated graphics, AGP 8X slot support
SiS 740 - Socket A, FSB 266, SDRAM, integrated graphics, AGP 4X slot support
VIA PM266 - Socket 370, FSB 133, DDR SDRAM, integrated graphics, AGP 4X slot support
Micron Scimitar - Socket A, FSB 266, DDR SDRAM, AGP 4X slot support
VIA KM266 - Socket A, FSB 266, DDR SDRAM, integrated graphics, AGP 4X slot support
SiS 640 - Socket 370, FSB 133, SDRAM, integrated graphics, AGP 4X slot support
ALi M1648 - Socket A, FSB 266, DDR SDRAM, integrated graphics, AGP 4X slot support
NVIDIA Crush 11 - Socket A, FSB 200/266, SDRAM, integrated graphics, AGP 4X slot support
NVIDIA Crush 12 - Socket A, FSB 200/266, DDR SDRAM, integrated graphics, AGP 4X slot support
VIA KL266 - Socket A, FSB 266, DDR SDRAM, integrated graphics
Intel i815EP - the new stepping will provide 0.13 micron Tualatin support
ALi M1657 - Socket A, FSB 266, DDR SDRAM, integrated graphics, AGP 4X slot support
ATI A3 - Socket 370 / Socket A, FSB 133/266, SDRAM/DDR SDRAM, integrated graphics, AGP 8X slot support"
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