Alex van Sharky Extreme heeft het derde deel van z'n Computex Floor Report gepost. In dit deel vind je o.a. info over de AMD K7:
Having met with key sources close to AMD, we have heard (consistently) the following items of interest. Although the CPU is already sampling (albeit in small quantities), currently only three motherboard manufacturers, including ASUS, GigaByte and FIC have been chosen as tier-one partners to manufacture slot-A based motherboards for the K7. At this time all three of the chipsets (from VIA, SiS and ALI) aren't yet stable or mature enough. Therefor, according to OEMs, the only working chipsets currently are actually made by AMD's own engineers and in-house. In fact, the first round of motherboards for the K7 will most likely harbor an AMD chipset. It would be a pity for AMD if K7 support were to be wafer thin. A working K7 in excess of 550MHz will pack quite a punch…
Alex heeft een K7 in werking gezien en zegt positief te zijn over de performance van de K7. Verder in het artikel vind je spul over o.a. Rise, ATI en nVidia. Wat betreft die laatste: de NV10 (opvolger van de TNT2) wordt verwacht rond kerstmis / begin 2000. Check Sharky Extreme voor meer vers Computex nieuws.
