Intel plans to release two new Pentium 4 chipsets supporting single-channel DDR400 and an 800Mhz FSB (front-side bus), Taiwanese motherboard sources said. The 848P, formerly rumored as the 865PL, will be marketed for the value-line end-user market, while the 865GV will target OEM customers. Intel's 848P will share the same core and technologies as the existing 865P chipset, and only minor revisions will be needed to lower the 865P?s memory bandwidth from dual-channel to single-channel and increase its FSB speed to 800Mhz. Read More
The 865GV will share the same specifications as the 848P but integrate Intel?s onboard graphics support and not support add-on graphics cards. It will target the value-line, business workstation market. The 848P will be priced at US$31, not the US$20 rumored earlier, and only US$1 below the 865P?s price of US$32. The 865GV will cost motherboard manufacturers US$34 per unit, well below the US$40 price tag for the 865G. Motherboards using the two chipsets could be on the market by August, according to sources. Source: DigiTimes
The 865GV will share the same specifications as the 848P but integrate Intel?s onboard graphics support and not support add-on graphics cards. It will target the value-line, business workstation market. The 848P will be priced at US$31, not the US$20 rumored earlier, and only US$1 below the 865P?s price of US$32. The 865GV will cost motherboard manufacturers US$34 per unit, well below the US$40 price tag for the 865G. Motherboards using the two chipsets could be on the market by August, according to sources. Source: DigiTimes
