To: Charles R who wrote (73366 ) 9/28/1999 2:49:00 PM From: Goutam Read Replies (1) | Respond to
Chuck,Via gaining clients in wake of Intel-Rambus delay news.cnet.com September 27, 1999, 12:35 p.m. PT Italic are my comments) -... With the delay of Intel's 820 chipset, scrappy Via technologies is finding itself rapidly growing in popularity among computer makers. ... IBM will announce tomorrow that it is using chipsets from Taiwan-based Via for three new systems in the wake of the delay of the 820 chipset, sources at IBM said. Today, Micron Electronics said it is incorporating Via products into its boxes for the first time. ... Although the delay to the 820 will likely boost Via's fortunes in the market, PC manufacturers and analysts have pointed out that the company's products offer advantages over Intel chipsets. ... Today, Intel released the 810(e) chipset, which contains a 133-MHz system bus. However, the 810(e) works only with the slower 100-MHz SDRAM. An Intel chipset that can work with faster 133-MHz SDRAM will not come out until next year, the company has said. Via therefore can brag about performance advantages, analysts have said. (Also no AGP port! )... Another plus: Via's latest chipsets can support AGP 4X, an internal technology that improves graphics performance and can wring out the best in the latest generation of chips. AGP is a technology invented by Intel. However, current Intel chipsets can only take advantage of the slower AGP 2X technology. ... Micron is already touting its Via relationship. 4X AGP graphics and full 133-MHz front side bus, " said Knotts.VIA Apollo KX133 VIA Apollo Pro133 o Gave up on Graphic chisets.o Possibility of losing chiset market share (VIA's goal is to capture 70% of the World wide chipset market.)o PC133 SDRAM is going to become the mainstream memory standard, and it will be more difficult for RAMBUS to dislodge PC133. PC133 may pave way to DDR and HSDRAMs.
