EETimes schrijft dat Acer Labs in onderhandeling is met Intel over het afgeven van een licentie voor de Pentium 4 bus. Dit zou ALi in staat stellen om begin volgend jaar een eigen SDRAM chipset voor de Pentium 4 op de markt te brengen (thanks Elefino voor de tip):
ALI hopes to have chip sets that support both the AMD Athlon and Intel's upcoming Pentium 4 processors. ALI is negotiating with Intel for a license to its Pentium 4 bus, which it hopes to have in time for products that could roll early next year. ALI does not expect any imminent announcement on that front, however.
[...] As Intel ponders its options, "We think we could double our chip set sales in 2001," Tai said. ALI also plans to refresh its line of chip sets for notebook computers.
But ALI's success depends in part on obtaining a license to the Pentium 4 bus from Intel, and on Intel's decision to quickly field SDRAM and DDR chip sets of its own. Rumors are already sweeping Taipei that Intel plans a chip set that would support SDRAM and DDR for the Pentium III, a mainstream target where much of ALI's business exists today.
Verder meldt EETimes dat de reeds in juli aangekondigde ALi MAGiK DDR chipset voor de Athlon en Duron volgende maand in produktie gaat.