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To: dmf who wrote (88619)	9/22/1999 2:17:00 AM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

dmf - Re: ": Enjoy the Sony Wega! We brought a little one home yesterday. Pretty neat! dmf" What size is your little one? I just posted a note to Denni that I got a 20 inch one to go along with the 36 inch Wega. Paul

To: dmf who wrote (88619)	9/22/1999 9:22:00 AM
From: greenspirit	Respond to of 186894

dmf and all, Article...Taiwan chipping away at Intel... September 22, 1999 ELECTRONIC BUYERS NEWS : Some of Intel Corp's new Camino 820 and new 810e chipsets to be unveiled next week will support PC133 SDRAMs-not by Intel, but secretly by some Taiwanese motherboard manufacturers. The microprocessor giant has dropped its opposition to PC133 memory, but won't have a chipset ready to support the higher-speed SDRAMs until sometime in the first half of 2000. Rival Taiwanese chipset companies Acer Laboratories Inc. and Via Technologies Inc. will have their own PC133 versions on the market this fall, far ahead of Intel. But some motherboard vendors hope to use a 133-MHz memory bus they developed to connect PC133 modules to the Intel Camino 820 and 810e chipsets. However, to avoid unduly angering the MPU kingpin, they won't publicize their PC133 link to the Intel chipsets. After all, they are beholden to Intel for ready supply of the new devices, as well as advance technical details of upcoming versions. Yet PC OEMs know where to go if they want boards with Intel chipsets connected to PC133 memory. Intel knows the ploy as well, but can't play the heavy overtly without stirring up antitrust concerns yet again. Taiwanese motherboard companies will also have the fully authorized Camino 820 direct Rambus DRAM version, or the hybrid board with Intel's Memory Translator Hub (MTH) supporting either Direct RDRAM or SDRAMs. The board makers are ready to sell whatever the market wants, regardless of Intel's game plan. They're sure Intel could have introduced its new chipsets supporting PC133 from the start had the microprocessor behemoth so desired. Their suspicion is that Intel is still dragging its feet in its move to PC133 to give its favored Direct Rambus memory more time to lower price and ramp up production. Direct RDRAM could then emerge as a contender before the alternative SDRAM gets the big boost from Intel's belated support. Many board makers are also taking a low profile on supplying versions for the K7 Athlon processor from Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel's archrival. There doesn't have to be any pressure from Intel. Vendors here don't want to upset the apple cart, so many are keeping their AMD Athlon product lines a low-key venture. Board makers intend to move fast as soon as Intel introduces its 810A3 chipset-an integrated graphics-core logic version that will support Pentium III processors as well as Celeron MPVs. Following the Intel roadmap, the 810A3 will only support up to PC100 SDRAMs. Taiwanese rivals aim to fill the vacuum once again by offering PC133 solutions. So Taiwan's love-hate relationship with Intel continues. PC133 only intensifies the division.