DigiTimes meldt dat Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) verwacht dat haar marktaandeel van P4-chipsets in het eerste kwartaal sterk zal toenemen. De specificaties van de nieuwe chipsets maken SiS populair. Zo beschikt de SiS645 al over ondersteuning voor de DDR333-architectuur, terwijl de 845B0 van Intel en de P4X266 van VIA alleen DDR266 ondersteunen.
With low-price positioning and advantage of being free of lawsuits, SiS's P4 chipsets, in particular the integrated SiS650, appeal strongly to international PC vendors such as IBM, Compaq Computer and Hewlett-Packard (HP). Considering the relatively longer product development time of these PC makers, large-scale deliveries of SiS650 chipsets will not begin until after the middle of the first quarter.
SiS is likely to benefit from Intel's launch of its P4-M notebook processor in March, as the SiS645 and SiS650 support notebook processors too.
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