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To: Don Green who wrote (36559)	1/16/2000 5:10:00 PM
From: Don Green	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93625

O.T. Windows 2000 Systems Debut Three Weeks Early January 14, 2000 - 2:45pm, Mark Stubblefield Major PC manufacturers will be selling Windows 2000 on new computer systems on Jan. 24, nearly three weeks before Microsoft properly unveils the new operating system. While the PC manufactures can begin selling Windows 2000 systems Microsoft has restricted them from promoting new systems other than with web site advertisement. In the past, PC manufacturers have waited for Microsoft's official product announcement before shipping new systems. Microsoft released Windows 2000 code to PC makers on Dec. 15. It typically takes about six weeks of testing before PC manufacturers are ready to ship systems with a new operating system. Maybe this establishes that Windows 2000 is a more stable operating system since PC manufacturers feel confident to release it on new systems without the standard six week testing phase. (Source: CNET)

To: Don Green who wrote (36559)	1/16/2000 5:56:00 PM
From: denni	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93625

did you see the optional memory-translator hub for DRDRAM? here's the link: techweb.com Intel Refines I/O In Solano Chip Set Design (01/14/00, 5:12 p.m. ET) By Mark Hachman, Electronic Buyers' News Improvements to Intel's I/O hub design have caused it to cancel its forthcoming Solano chip set and replace it with a successor -- the Solano-2. Industry sources said the revision will likely have little effect on the industry because the chip set is slated to sample next month and enter volume production next quarter, which is about the same schedule as the original Solano chip set. Both versions of the device are referred to as the Intel 815. Intel's road map revision has caused at least two PC OEMs to rethink their product designs, however, because the new I/O hub, or south bridge, introduces next-generation USB technology earlier than expected. One OEM source said his company is evaluating whether supporting the technology justifies the additional engineering costs. However, the Solano's interface to PC133 SDRAM has been left unchanged, according to sources. Intel's new chip set architecture, first designed into the Camino core-logic IC, includes two or three chips or hubs; the firmware; an I/O controller hub (ICH), which includes features such as the AC'97 link for integrated audio; and an optional memory-translator hub for DRDRAM, not used by the low-end Solano. Observers said they expect the second-generation Solano's ICH-2 to contain USB version 2.0 technology -- a 360- to 480-megabit per second standard that observers said is now positioned as a direct competitor to IEEE 1394, or FireWire, technology. The spec should be ratified this quarter; peripherals are expected in the second half. Intel's ICH-2 should include a 100-Mbyte ATA-100 hard drive interface, sources said. The Solano cancellation should not necessitate a motherboard redesign, observers said. The revision is consistent with Intel's strategy of designing new technology into its chip sets before it appears elsewhere in the system. The release date of the Camino-2 chip set, which is also based on its predecessor's core technology, may be moved up as well, observers speculated. A spokesman for Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., would not comment on unannnounced products.