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To: tejek who wrote (82785)	12/13/1999 2:09:00 PM
From: Scot	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571813

Ted and Thread, From raging bull board: -Scot eb-asia.com Intel flubs mobile Greendale chipset, moves on to Solano 2M Intel has been missing a few beats with chipsets supporting Direct Rambus memory in PCs. The latest news from several major notebook makers in Taiwan is that the US IC giant has killed its long-anticipated Greendale chipset for notebook PCs. Greendale was intended to support Rambus in portable PCs, but Intel quietly notified the Taiwan notebook makers in October of the project's cancelation. The Taiwanese manufacturers say that both technical and cost issues have led Intel to switch focus to an as yet unannounced mobile chipset, the Solano 2M. One notebook manufacturer in Taipei indicated that samples of the Solano 2M will become available to Intel's Direct Account customers in mid-2000. The Solano 2M is not scheduled for an official launch until the fourth quarter of next year. Officially, Intel cited lack of sufficient manpower resources for further development of the Greendale chipset, but sources in Taipei pointed to technical issues as well as a general realization that Rambus memory solutions will come at a high cost. A spokesperson at one leading Taiwanese notebook maker stated on condition of anonymity that thermal dissipation and signal noise were two problems engineers had noticed with Greendale. The higher cost equation also included the addition of an ICH, or I/O Channel Hub, required for Rambus implementation. The Solano 2M solution reflects Intel's apparent awareness that for the next year at least, the PC market will be migrating to PC 133 memory technology instead of Rambus. The Solano 2M will support SDRAM for PC 133, with the system bus at 133 MHz. A spokesperson for Intel in Taiwan declined to comment, stating only, "We are working with our OEM customers for satisfactory solutions for notebooks." In the meantime, Taiwanese notebook makers may continue to use the Intel 440BX and 440ZX chipsets, and possibly the Intel 440MX single-chip solution.