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To: Goutam who wrote (74967)	10/11/1999 5:55:00 AM
From: Goutam	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1573348

Another interesting news from the Register: theregister.co.uk _____________________ Via piles pressure on Chipzilla with chipset intro Chipset manufacturer and up-and-coming processor contender Via will todayannounce the intro, in volume, of its Apollo Pro133A chipset. The chipset, which is the subject of litigation by Intel's large legal department, supports AGP 4x, the 133MHz front side bus, PC-133 and the ATA66 bus. Via claims it is the first to market with this type of solution. Major OEMs and mobo makers have already started shipping the Via chipset in volume, the company said. The move is likely to upset Intel because of the further delay it announced to the Camino i820 chipset because of problems with Rambus a couple of weeks back. Just two weeks earlier, Intel was forced to announce it would, in the future, give support to the PC-133 memory standard. Via had a large part to play in promoting the PC-133 standard, which many Taiwanese motherboard manufacturers favoured over solutions suggested by Intel. At autumn's Intel Developer Forum, senior VP Pat "Kicking" Gelsinger said his company was more paranoid about Via than its x86 microprocessor rival AMD. The chipset from Via is backwards compatible with previous PC standards, and the company claims that it gives a 33 per cent boost over PC-100 solutions. Intel vehemently denies PC-133 offers this level of performance. © theregister.co.uk _____________________ It would have been great news, if it were about VIA'a Athlon chipset. Goutama

To: Goutam who wrote (74967)	10/11/1999 6:06:00 AM
From: Process Boy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573348

Goutama - <AMD, Intel deny mobo muscle allegations> I'll be looking forward to the JC's and Tom's Hardware retraction blurbs. <On the contrary, AMD has said that it is very pleased with the response of the Taiwanese mobo makers, with more partners coming on board quicker than it expected.> Good news for AMD'ers. <Rana Mainee, AMD's European research director, said: "We do not know of any outright pressure." Market perception as AMD rolled out its Athlon K7 products may have been that there was not enough motherboard support, but, Rainee said, his company was pleased with the way things were going.> Then how come AMD produced 150k more Athlons than could be supported by the Mobo makers in Q3? I didn't listen to the AMD Q3 CC. Was Sander's tone indicative of someone who was happy with his infrastructure support? <The motherboard manufacturers, he said, had a lot on their plate because of delays to Intel's i820 chipset. But they had also overcome these problems, he added. "The 820 has caused some motherboard people a fair amount of additional workload," he said.> Hmmm. Clarification on this would be nice. Is an AMD guy saying Intel's i820 Mobo problems are cured as far as the mobo makers themselves are concerned? Thanks for posting Goutama. This is a Register article, but sources are quoted. PB

To: Goutam who wrote (74967)	10/11/1999 12:09:00 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1573348

Goutama RE <<<AMD, Intel deny mobo muscle allegations>>> Well this makes it very clear....the mb problems were with AMD and not with any problems on the part of the mb manufacturers. Kash, if you are reading this, I apologize....you were right. Thanks, Goutama, for setting the record straight. ted

To: Goutam who wrote (74967)	10/11/1999 8:04:00 PM
From: Dan3	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1573348

Re: It could have been a complete report... The reports of coercion were widespread, explicit and attributed. I wonder if some kind of deal has been struck. I was surprised by the ads in the Sunday papers - it looked like AMD had 70% of the total market and 90% of the high end - most likely the calm before the storm of the Coppermine introduction. But Intel as a brand has been pretty low profile for the last few weeks. Given that the motherboard pressure was being applied just as Justice was announcing "no problem here", Intel has certainly succeeded in presenting the Justice department as a bunch of imbeciles distracted by out of control substance abuse problems. Dan