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To: Ali Chen who wrote (4187)2/2/1998 5:31:00 PM
From: Bill Jackson  Read Replies (1) of 6843
 
Ali the chipmakers, Intel included produce the specs for their chip sets well in advance, and they are tested by the board makers, and revised until they are useable by a wide spectrum of board makers. The other chip set vendors work from new CPU specs and software updates to get them ready ASAP. The Taiwanese can have a new board prototype in 2-3 days after getting chip set specs and samples. They can do test cycles and make a next protoype board in 1-2 days, so they can respond very quickly. Faster than Intel with all their advance knowledge. Modern logic analyzers can measure the timing and other parameters to help get the board made fast.
Do not forget the chip set makers want the boards to run well. If Intel did not want that, it need just make a chip set and never sell it, just use it for boards.
A friend of mine works for a Taiwan company and he tells me that when a hew chip set comes out it is 24 hours aday work to get the motherboard ready and through all the prototype cycles needed to make it go. Most chip set vendors provide a schematic start motherboard, and they just optimize is and find the parametric variability with assorted glue and other parts to allow them to make a high yield board.

Bill

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