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To: Bilow who wrote (51080)	8/24/2000 6:50:03 PM
From: Jdaasoc	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 93625

carl: Please read this link and comment on serial graphics bus being developed by Intel. I "honestly" think you will be able comment on this without bias regarding RMBS. Serial bus doesn't sound like DDR is best memory type but more like RDRAM protocols instead. john semibiznews.com Intel unviels new high-speed graphics initiative Semiconductor Business News (08/24/00, 03:49:11 PM EDT) SAN JOSE - Intel Corp. here today announced a new initiative designed to double the graphics performance for next-generation PCs and workstations. At the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) in San Jose, the Santa Clara, Calif.-based company offered a glimpse of its new Advanced Graphics Port (AGP) 8x roadmap for next-generation graphics applications in desktops. The AGP8x is an updated version of its previous graphics initiative, dubbed AGP4x. Like AGP4x, the new AGP8x specification implements a 32-bit wide bus. But the new specification doubles the graphics performance to 533-MHz and supports a data-transfer rate of 2-Gbytes. Intel believes that the AGP8x specification is tuned for its upcoming Pentium 4 processor. "The forthcoming introduction of the Intel Pentium 4 processor means that the external graphics attach point must advance to take advantage of higher processor and bus speeds and meet the need for better 3-D visualization in games and on the Internet," said Pat Gelsinger, vice president and chief technology officer of the Intel Architecture Group. "We are focusing on a unified approach that embraces all high-end PC desktop and workstation market segments," Gelsinger said. "The next part of that roadmap is AGP8x, an evolutionary step from AGP4x, to be followed by a future serial graphics bus." The AGP8x specification also received endorsements from leading graphics vendors, such as ATI Technologies Inc., Matrox Graphics Inc., and Nvidia Corp. "ATI has been working closely with Intel to develop a robust AGP8x bus specification, and is pleased with the increased bandwidth enabled in this new graphics attach port. ATI will offer future members of the RADEON family that fully exploit AGP8x," said Henry Quan, vice president of corporate development at ATI. "Collaborating with Intel on the development of the AGP8x spec is particularly exciting since the extra AGP bandwidth will benefit the many innovative technologies being developed for future Matrox products," said Jean-Jacques Ostiguy, chief architect of Matrox.

To: Bilow who wrote (51080)	8/24/2000 8:43:53 PM
From: richard surckla	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 93625

Bilow and Ali... h0db from Yahoo asked me to cross post his message to both of you... rsurckla by: h0db (40/M/Tysons Corner, VA) 8/24/00 8:22 pm Msg: 151242 of 151249 Please point out to Bilow and Ali that there were two configurations of the ALi chipset demoed. One at 800Mhz, and a second at 1GHz. If they had bothered to read the slides they would have seen that. The scores for the 800Mhz version also are comparable to an Athlon on an AMD750 board with PC100 SDRAM. messages.yahoo.com &mid=151173 Posted as a reply to: Msg 151173 by h0db

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