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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (30843)	4/2/1998 8:40:00 PM
From: Adrian Wu	Respond to of 1573221

Jim: Try Corsair Microsystems (http://www.corsairmicro.com/). Memory Man (http://www.memory-man.com/bantechpair.htm), ESC Technologies (http://www.whatisnew.com/) or Advantage Memory (http://www.advantagememory.com/). American Megatrend's "PC100" modules are not truly compliant since they use 10ns SDRAMS (not 8ms as specified by Intel). Adrian

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (30843)	4/2/1998 10:57:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573221

Jim - Re: "Looks like the same high prices for Pentium II boards though." The price isn't too high. You are just used to buying low end goods from Cyrix where the prices - and value - are a lot less. Remember - Intel is a profitable company - unlike AMD and Cyrix. They can, and do, sell their products for a profit. Re: "Does Intel sell approved 100MHz RAM for this board?" PC-100 Memory Modules are available from PNY, TechWorks and Individual chips can be bought from Mitsubishi and Micron. {============================} Wednesday April 1, 7:00 am Eastern Time Company Press Release TechWorks Ships 100MHz SDRAM Memory TechWorks Amongst First to Support Intel's New 440BX Chipset with Intel version 1.0 Compliant 100MHz SDRAM Memory Modules AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 1, 1998--TechWorks, Inc., a leading developer and manufacturer of computer performance enhancement products, announces and ships the first in its line of PowerRAM(TM) 100MHz SDRAM memory modules that are compliant with version 1.0 of Intel Corporation's [Nasdaq:INTC - news] specifications. Available today in densities ranging from 16MB to 128MB, owners of new Intel motherboards utilizing the 440BX chipset, will be able to expand their memory capacity to increase the speed of software applications. ''Due to the revolutionary speed increase that the new Intel chipset will give to PC users all over the world, TechWorks will be right there with memory upgrades to truly be able to benefit from the performance boost,'' said Mike Frost, President and CEO. Intel's new 440BX chip set will allow Intel-based motherboards to run at a 100MHz bus speeds, rather than the current 66MHz bus speeds. Because of this, PC users will see a significant performance increase in this new line of CPUs over their current computers at similar processor clock speeds. PC users' current memory modules will not operate in this environment -- they must use memory specifically designed for the faster bus speed. However, according to preliminary reports these new 100MHz SDRAM modules will be backward compatible with the 66MHz bus speed PC's. ''By being amongst the first to offer 100MHz SDRAM memory for Wintel-based systems, TechWorks is taking a huge step towards offering complete memory solutions for PC users everywhere,'' said Amy Amann, SDRAM Product Manager. About TechWorks TechWorks' mission is to be the leading supplier of computer enhancement products and to maintain a 100% commitment to customer satisfaction. TechWorks has expanded its performance memory products to include processor and graphics upgrades and includes PowerFlash Flash storage devices, PowerRAM memory upgrades, Power3D -- 3Dfx graphics accelerator and PowerCPU processor upgrade cards for Intel and MacOS compatible computer systems. TechWorks, Inc., founded in October of 1986, has more than 100 employees worldwide and distributes its products in more than 15 countries. The company's worldwide headquarters is in Austin, Texas, with European sales and service headquarters located in the United Kingdom. In December 1997, TechWorks joined the family of companies operated by MELCO Industries of Japan. MELCO is one of the world's leading suppliers of PC memory and computer enhancement products. For more information, contact Debbie Strance at TechWorks Inc., 4030 West Braker Lane, Austin, TX 78759 (Tel)512-794-8533 (Fax)512-794-8520 or www.techworks.com -0- TechWorks is a registered trademark and Power3D, PowerRAM, PowerCPU, PowerG3 and PowerFlash are trademarks of TechWorks, Inc. Intel is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective holders. {============================} Other sources exist, but I doubt that you are interested since you're really waiting for the Cayenne MXi. Paul