Xbitlabs have posted details of upcoming VIA Pentium 4 Chipsets! Here's a byte.
Later this year VIA Technologies will unveil its VIA P4X600 core-logic. The newcomer was already showcased at VTF, so, it should appear just as scheduled without any delays. The P4X600 is intended for the Pentium 4 processors with 400 or 533MHz Quad Pumped Bus and will feature dual-channel memory controller. I wonder if VIA announces this baby a couple of days before Intel announces its Granite Bay, in order to be able to call it ?the first dual-channel DDR SDRAM supporting Pentium 4 chipset?. Keeping in mind VIA?s negative experience with DDR400, the company only declares PC2100 and PC2700 support for their new device. Frankly speaking, dual-channel PC2700 DDR SDRAM delivers about 5.4GB/s of peak system bandwidth what should be enough not only for the current Pentium 4 processors with 533MHz Quad Pumped Bus, but also for the up and coming Pentium 4 ?Prescott? CPUs with 667MHz FSB.
For more info warp 2 ... Xbitlabs.
Later this year VIA Technologies will unveil its VIA P4X600 core-logic. The newcomer was already showcased at VTF, so, it should appear just as scheduled without any delays. The P4X600 is intended for the Pentium 4 processors with 400 or 533MHz Quad Pumped Bus and will feature dual-channel memory controller. I wonder if VIA announces this baby a couple of days before Intel announces its Granite Bay, in order to be able to call it ?the first dual-channel DDR SDRAM supporting Pentium 4 chipset?. Keeping in mind VIA?s negative experience with DDR400, the company only declares PC2100 and PC2700 support for their new device. Frankly speaking, dual-channel PC2700 DDR SDRAM delivers about 5.4GB/s of peak system bandwidth what should be enough not only for the current Pentium 4 processors with 533MHz Quad Pumped Bus, but also for the up and coming Pentium 4 ?Prescott? CPUs with 667MHz FSB.
For more info warp 2 ... Xbitlabs.
