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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (51722)	8/20/2001 9:31:27 AM
From: bacchus_ii	Respond to of 275872

PC makers 'demanding Via P4X266' theinquirer.net Name those names By Mike Magee, 20/08/2001 11:37:27 BST LAST FRIDAY we noticed that Intel's Chuck Molloy said he was not threatening Via, and that all the company was saying was that it didn't have a Pentium 4 licence. He was so quoted in Newsfactor and there's no doubt what he said is true. Via's contention is that it doesn't need a licence. However, over the weekend, the ante seems to have been well and truly upped, 'cos in today's Digitimes there a report that "three out of the top ten PC manufacturers" want the major mobo makers to use Via's chipsets. It would be nice if Digitimes told us which three of these top 10 it was who were asking, given the current state of things. The biggest of the mobo makers - amongst which we can number Gigabyte, Asustek, and Microstar Inte'l - have, according to some reports been told or warned according to others, not to touch the P4X266 with a bargepole. But Digitimes today says that these "major manufacturers" are so teed off with the performance of Intel's i845 SDRAM chipset that they're demanding the Via answer. Sigh. As you can see from the links to our roadmap stories below, Via is going really gung-ho for the Pentium 4 market. Maybe Via should put up some balloons outside the San Jose convention centre next week and see what happens to them. [PS The last line in that last paragraph was a joke. AMD has been known to muscle in on Intel's Developer Forum before, once hiring a bedroom in Palm Springs and inviting journalists along. Database companies such as Informix, Oracle and others used to play games like this a few years back. Ten years back Motorola's English PR tried it by blagging UK journos away from an Intel gig to talk about the Power PC. However, if Via or AMD do choose to do either of these things, they should know that Pat "Kicking" Gelsinger doesn't seem to be in town and so their legs are safe. However Paul "Steely" Otellini is in town and his kick may be far harder and reach higher. Ed.] µ