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To: L. Adam Latham who wrote (136738)	6/5/2001 11:53:33 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

Ut Oh...does Intel really want VIA to make a chipset for P4? 213.219.40.69 VIA demos Pentium 4 chipset P4X266 gets outed By Cameron Rogers in Taipei, 5 June 2001 11.08 BST VIA today demoed a system based on the new P4X266 Pentium 4 chipset. P4X266, which has caused much consternation in Intel's legal department, is the first third party chipset to support Intel's quad pumped P4 processor bus. To salt Intel's wound further, VIA compared an early revision P4X266 reference board against a production ASUS Intel i850 platform, running 3DMark 2001. Each system was outfitted with 128MB of main memory (PC800 for the i850, PC2100 for the P4X), an ASUS V7700 graphics card, and a 1.5GHz Willamette processor. 3DMark 2001 was run at 1600x1200x32, defying conventional benchmarking wisdom. The results, however, are certainly a shot across Intel's bow. 1484 for the P4X, versus 1391 for the i850. This comes after many industry pundits predicted i845 DDR's dominance over P4X266, let alone the dual channel i850. VIA also disclosed that P4X266 will see the light of day in Q3 of this year, roughly 4 to 8 weeks after i845 SDR hits the shelves. Many motherboard manufacturers have acknowledged that i845 SDR performs roughly 20-25% behind i850, so P4X even in the neighborhood is a huge coup for VIA. When pressed about the lack of an official Pentium 4 bus license, VIA's president and CEO Wen Chi seemed confident. "They always do that," he said, shrugging the question off. He also referenced Intel's earlier balloon cutting antics, and hoped for cooperation from Chipzilla on legal matters. Despite Wen Chi's soothing assurances, the gauntlet has been dropped. µ