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To: Elmer who wrote (25471)	11/3/1997 11:02:00 PM
From: Profits	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1578739

Elmer, re: <"Slot1 offers AGP now. Socket7 doesn't and won't for some time."> Via was the first chipset company to offer AGP for Socket7. There are technical issues that Via must overcome to support AGP. The Cyrix problems, however, are independent of the chipset, the problems are with the Cyrix processor. AMD's current Northbridge/Southbridge chipset is actually a Via chipset. Via is building it for AMD. AMD, however, is building a next generation chipset in-house that will support AGP. As part of AMD's Super7 initiative, they will add features to the Socket7 that Intel is offering in the Slot1...AGP, ACPI, 100MHz Bus, etc.. Via is currently building their chipset on a 0.6um process. AMD will build their chipset on a 0.35um process. This chipset will be available in the 1H98. Intel, at best, will be supporting AGP in Slot1 in Q198. Not nearly the lead they once had. i386 1989 Am386 1992 i486 1992 Am486 1994 Pentium 1994 AMD-K5 1996 Pentium II 1996 AMD-K6-MMX 1997 Intel AGP Q198 AMD AGP Q298 Profits