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To: Tony Viola who wrote (126574)	2/4/2001 12:13:53 AM
From: Joe NYC	Respond to of 186894

Tony, Serverworks, for one. Thanks for reminding me. IIRC, Serverworks chipset will support DDR memory. I guess most of the OEMs will wait for this chipset for their volume boxes. Do you know what the schedule is for the release for release of this chipset? Joe

To: Tony Viola who wrote (126574)	2/4/2001 10:32:24 AM
From: Jon Tara	Respond to of 186894

Too bad. Serverworks seems to be targeting the (duh!) server market. Boards I have seen using their chipsets are generally not suitable for use as workstations. For one, they are putting video adapters on the mother board, and omitting the AGP slot. I guess they figure that if you're using it as a server, video performance is not a factor. Maybe if they have a market where nobody else is targeting workstations, they will come out with a more appropriate products. I dunno if this is a limitation of the chipsets (do they support AGP?) just just what the board vendors have chosen to support.

To: Tony Viola who wrote (126574)	2/4/2001 12:16:28 PM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

Tony - Re: ". I don't think even the OEMs that use Athlons in PCs are looking at any server possibilities from AMD, at least the big ones anyway." Here is what VIA has said about AMD's SMP Server effort: sharkyextreme.com "Unlike the MP Pentium chipsets VIA makes, making an AMD MP chipset is a bit more difficult. The EV6 bus is much quicker than Intel's P6 bus, but it is also point-to-point, meaning AMD's bus can only connect two components, the processor and the northbridge, not two processors and the northbridge like Intel's shared bus can. So in order to make an MP Athlon chipset, AMD had to put two EV6 busses. This increases the chipset die size and pin count, which thereby increases the chipset's cost. AMD has a shared bus architecture relying on LDT planned for their K8 series processors. We frankly expect AMD to meet with some success with their MP chipset. Still, we're not sure whether they will meet with enough success to convince VIA to develop their own solution. Only time will tell." Paul