Jon Simon van Sharky Extreme is naar Taipei gefietst om daar wat info los te peuteren bij Abit. Hij kwam o.a. te weten dat Abit binnen een maand een VIA Apollo Pro 133A based plank (de VT6) zal releasen. Verder heeft Abit het reference design voor de i815 chipset van Intel al afgeleverd. Ergens in juni zullen de eerste borden geïntroduceerd worden. Athlon fans mogen blij zijn met het feit dat Abit een VIA KX133 mobo gepland heeft voor eind mei / begin juni.
ABIT is working on a VIA KX133 Athlon motherboard. While they didn't have any specific announcements to make regarding the product, we would expect to see this board sometime in late May or June 2000.
ABIT is well known for their SoftMenu technology, which makes overclocking so easy even my mother could do it. We were curious as to how ABIT would handle overclocking an Athlon, so we asked whether or not they would have a "Magic Fingers"-like solution built into their Athlon board, which would hopefully be controlled by SoftMenu III. The reply we received, accompanied by some sheepish looks, was a statement along the lines of, "Our customers have written in and told us what they want."
When we asked about other possible Athlon chipsets being used, we received a straight answer of "No." Either way, this is good news for Athlon adopters.
Thanks Magnetism voor de tip!