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To: Charles R who wrote (21785)	12/7/2000 2:54:06 AM
From: Joe NYC	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

I am not sure if this was posted here (it sounds familiar). This is from a site called Mike's Hardware. THis is their roadmap for Q1 2001: freespace.virgin.net nVidia Crush Chipset for both Intel and AMD platforms are expected to be released in Q1 2001. The chipset will feature an nVidia developed South Bridge I/O controller (MCP-1) along with a North Bridge with integrated NV17 graphics (based around the GeForce2 MX). It should be noted that the chipset also supports an external AGP card. The North Bridge will also feature support for PC1600, PC2100 and PC2600 DDR SDRAM and will connect to the South Bridge via AMD's 800Mb/s LDT North to South bridge bus. The North Bridge will be available in two versions. The cheaper version will feature a conventional 64-bit memory bus, with the more expensive version featuring a 128-bit bus. A 128bit memory bus will double memory bandwidth, but require the DDR SDRAM DIMM's to be installed in pairs. The south bridge is a cut down version of nVidia's MCP for the X-Box. This cut down MCP features support for ATA100, 2xUSB channels, 10/100BaseT Ethernet and AC97 audio. A PCI bridge bridge is also incorporated into the South Bridge, rather than being housed in the conventional North Bridge. Future versions of nVidia chipsets will support USB 2 and nVidia's impressive Audio Processing Unit (APU) - see the X Box Roadmap entry for additional information. The price of Crush is expected to be equivalent to Intel's i815 chipset (around $35). 2 things from this that sound encouraging: - There will be an LDT based south bridge (for potential CPUs with integrated Northbridge - AGP is still a problem) - PC-2600 DDR implies 166 MHz DDR. If the chipset supports 166 MHz FSB as well, we have additional headroom for the GHz scaling withoug remapping the multipliers. 12.5 x 166 = 2,075 GHz. It would be a great news if Palomino supported 166 MHz FSB. Joe