Intel takes aim at integrated chip set market with Brookdale-G
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By Semiconductor Business News
Nov 21, 2001 (12:02 PM)
URL: siliconstrategies.com
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Intel Corp. is quietly preparing to take another shot in the integrated chip-set market with a new device that poses a major threat for its rivals in this sector.
Intel's new integrated chip set--code-named Brookdale-G-- combines a core-logic device, integrated graphics, and other features on the same IC, according to sources.
Brookdale-G, also known as the 845G, is expected to work in conjunction with PCs, based on Intel's Pentium 4 processor line. Supporting SDRAM and DDR SDRAM memory, Brookdale-G is expected to be introduced in April of 2002, according to sources.
The product poses a threat to the current or future suppliers of integrated chip sets, such as ATI, Nvidia, Silicon Integrated Systems, and Via Technologies, according to analysts.
Brookdale-G represents a significant improvement over the company's current integrated chip-set line, dubbed the 815G, said analyst Jon Peddie, who tracks the market for Jon Peddie Research Inc. in Tiburon, Calif.
One of those improvements is that the new chip set will use the same graphics core as the company's recently-announced mobile core-logic product line, dubbed the 830M, Peddie said.
"The Brookdale-G represents significant advancement over the 815G," Peddie said. "The 845G's graphics core is similar to the 830M, but the 845G has some improvements over the 830M. The 845G will interface to a 533-MHz front-side bus," he said.
The 845G will also support 4X AGP, he said. "The drivers are '90%' compatible with the 815," he added.
The 845G is part of Intel's new family of chip sets. Earlier this year, Intel rolled out the 845i, a chip set that supports SDRAM memory for systems based on the Pentium 4 microprocessor. At present, the company is sampling a DDR version of this chip set line. Both of these chip sets do not have integrated graphics. |
