Brian,
Looks like VIA is now shipping its new chipsets with a 100 mhz bus.
Here is the article.
VIA offers PC100 core logic
By Andy Santoni
InfoWorld Electric
Posted at 5:00 PM PT, Jan 14, 1998
VIA Technologies on Thursday will introduce a core-logic chip set that brings many of the technologies of Pentium
II-based, Slot 1 systems to Socket 7-based PCs.
The Apollo MVP3 will allow OEMs of systems based on Intel-competitive CPUs to offer a 100-MHz system bus;
100-MHz, PC100 synchronous DRAM; and the Accelerated Graphics Port.
The chip set is compatible with all Socket 7 processors, including Advanced Micro Devices' AMD-K5 and
AMD-K6, Integrated Device Technology/Centaur's WinChip C6, Intel's Pentium and Pentium MMX, and National
Semiconductor/Cyrix's 6x86 and 6x86MX.
A two-chip solution, the Apollo MVP3 consists of the VT82C598AT north bridge and the VT82C586B south bridge.
The chip set supports as much as 1GB of DRAM, 2MB of Level 2 cache memory, and interfaces such as the
Universal Serial Bus and Ultra DMA/33.
Already shipping to more than 20 OEMs, the chip set is priced at $29 each in quantities of 1,000.
VIA Technologies Inc., in Fremont, Calif., can be reached at (510) 683-3300 or via.com.tw.
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