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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (89028)	9/27/1999 9:36:00 PM
From: steve harris	Respond to of 186894

Tenchusatsu, re: "nobody notices" Tomshardware came to the same conclusion. www5.tomshardware.com IBM and Micron apparently came to a different conclusion than anandtech and Tomshardware? $$ solely? biz.yahoo.com "Micron chose the new VIA technology because it found the chipset coupled with standard 133 MHz synchronous dynamic random access (SDRAM) memory delivers virtually the same or better performance as systems equipped with substantially more costly RAMBUS technology" We will have to wait until tomorrow to here IBM's spin. Maybe the PC133 chipset has changed. WWW.VIA.COM.TW is down tonight. steve edit: www.via.com.tw doesn't work for me but 209.95.111.27/index.htm does work fine. A "VIA" comparison 209.95.111.27

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (89028)	9/27/1999 9:51:00 PM
From: Process Boy	Respond to of 186894

Ten - <P.S. - There may be other reasons for IBM going with VIA's chipset, including the 440BX shortage during the summer, VIA's low price for their chipset, and the advantages of having more than one chipset provider. But it's obvious to me that performance isn't one of those reasons.> Thanks for your take. PB

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (89028)	9/27/1999 10:24:00 PM
From: dumbmoney	Respond to of 186894

There may be other reasons for IBM going with VIA's chipset, including the 440BX shortage during the summer, VIA's low price for their chipset, and the advantages of having more than one chipset provider. But it's obvious to me that performance isn't one of those reasons. It has more 'feature bullets' than BX - that's probably the main reason.