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To: Goutam who wrote (91759)	2/5/2000 10:43:00 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Respond to of 1576240

What do people think of the KX133? Well after the initial knee jerk reaction, it appears that it will be an improvement speedwise over the Irongate based boards...if not just because of the 133 MHz bus. Also, Microstar 6195 Athlon board now available. I believe this uses the Irongate chipset but comes with Super bypass enabled, has 6 PCI and 1 ISA. altima2000.com

To: Goutam who wrote (91759)	2/6/2000 2:01:00 PM
From: Charles R	Respond to of 1576240

Goutama, <I don't know what everybody's impressions on KX133 are, but I see it as an important milestone that was reached.> Agreed. A tad late but a key one nonetheless. <Next ones to look for are, Dresden to come on line and SMP chipsets with dual Athlon support (Cirruslvr's favorite one).> I think the next big one on the chipset side may be a mobile chipset instead of a SMP chipset. There is a lot more money to be made on the high-end mobile segment than any other segment other than mainstream desktops for Athlon for the next couple of years. PIII Speedsteps have about two quarters on the high-end laptop scene before Athlon derivatives takeover that segment. Chuck