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To: Joe NYC who wrote (120059)	7/11/2000 10:53:15 AM
From: Joe NYC	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1575173

On DDR chipsets: realworldtech.com Despite recent news reports on some 'enthusiast' sites that indicate Micron will be entering the chipset market, a spokesperson for Micron told me on July 7 that they currently have absolutely no plans to do this. In fact, when asked about a recent article on this subject published on another site, which seemed to imply they were ready to enter the chipset market, the Micron spokesperson said that the author had "obviously not spoken with anyone at Micron" On the other hand, she indicated that Micron is ready to supply DDR SDRAM chips and modules, with an unbuffered DDR module scheduled to be announced this month. Micron believes that Q4 will see volume shipments of DDR chipsets from AMD, VIA and ALi, and they intend to be able to supply the market with all the DDR SDRAM it wants. As mentioned last month, ALi is sampling DDR chipsets for both P6 and K7 platforms, with plans to ship in volume by the end of Q3. Unfortunately, several motherboard manufacturers have indicated they are not likely to use ALi chipsets due to unresolved problems with past chipsets. It does not appear likely that many ALi based boards will be available unless the chipset proves to be very solid. Though SiS has a very good reputation, and have vowed support for DDR capable K7 chipsets, they have only recently brought up their own fab. A new process generally takes many months to iron out all of the bugs, so most industry experts are not expecting anything of substance from SiS until Q1 '01. Das ist nicht gut. Gotta get to 760 Joe