Volgens dit artikel van EBN Online zal VIA gewoon een DDR chipset releasen voor de Intel Pentium 4 "Willamette" processor. Eerder werd echter gemeld dat Intel geen licenties zou afgeven waardoor er voor de P4 alleen Intel chipsets beschikbaar zouden komen. VIA trekt zich hier niks van aan en wijst op het feit dat ze eerder ook zijn weggekomen toen ze zonder licenties de Apollo Pro 133MHz FSB chipset voor Intel processoren op de markt brachten.
Via Technologies Inc. next year will introduce a double-data-rate (DDR) chipset to support Intel Corp.'s next generation Willamette processor, a Via official told the Platform 2000 conference today in San Jose, Calif.
Eric Chang, director of product marketing, removed all doubt over whether the Taiwan-based independent would develop a DDR chipset for Willamette, which so far uses only the Intel Tehama logic controller supporting Direct Rambus memory. Intel so far has refused to license any other firm to make chipsets for its next-generation bus line architecture, called IA-32 for 32-bit and IA-64 for 64-bit processors.
However, Chang said that, with or without a license, Via was preparing to have its own Willamette chipset. Reminded that Via was brought to court by Intel for unveiling an unlicensed 133-MHz frontside-bus chipset for Intel processors, Chang's response was, "The future has a way of repeating itself."
[...] Chang said the first Via DDR chipsets for current Intel processors will be introduced in September, with volume shipments in the fourth quarter. At about the same time, Via will also debut its DDR chipset for Advanced Micro Devices Inc. Athlon processors, he added.
Later kunnen we van VIA ook DDR chipsets verwachten geschikt voor de next-generation Intel Foster server CPU. Lees hier het complete artikel.
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