Hi all; SiS announces integrated DDR chipset for P4:
SiS announces new integrated chipset
Emma Wang, Willie Teng, Digitimes, September 24, 2001
On September 24, Silicon Integrated System (SiS) debuted its SiS650 Pentium 4 (P4) integrated chipset, and volume production is scheduled for October. The SiS650 is very similar in architecture to the SiS645 discrete chipset, launched at the end August.
According to sources, Via Technologies is making final changes to its P4M266 P4 integrated chipset, and the product is currently scheduled for launch in November. The company hopes to push forward the mass production schedule, allowing the P4M266 to be the first P4 integrated chipset to hit the market.
Sales of the SiS650 and the P4M266 will depend on the price, motherboard manufacturers said. Since P4 discrete and integrated chipsets are similar in architecture, motherboards for the two products should be compatible, greatly reducing motherboard makers’ development costs. However, the layout of the boards will still require modifications and compatibility testing will become increasingly important, and therefore the cost of motherboards with the integrated chipsets will be slightly higher, motherboard makers pointed out. With recent falls in prices, motherboard makers said they would be unable to completely reflect the cost differences in their prices.
Intel’s 845G P4 integrated chipset is not scheduled for launch until 2002. Hence, Taiwanese chipset and system manufacturers are hoping to make inroads into the market before the US-based giant joins in.
Via pointed out that some OEM (original equipment manufacturer) customers are paying close attention to the development of integrated chipsets, because the products could reduce costs for system assembly making it suitable for business-use models.
digitimes.com
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