Intel heeft ook moeite om zijn roadmap te volgen. Of misschien gunnen ze zichzelf wat lucht omdat het AMD ook niet lukt. Maar de Pentium III voor notebooks wordt ook wat uitgesteld. ZD Net heeft het verhaal:

Intel Corp. has delayed the introduction of its mobile Pentium III processor, according to sources with dismayed PC makers.

The chip, which was to be announced in September at 400MHz, 450MHz and 500MHz clock speeds, has been pushed back about a month to late October or possibly early November, the sources said.

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Intel (Nasdaq:INTC) officials confirmed the later launch, but would not commit to a firm date.

The Mobile Pentium III will debut sometime after the Microprocessor Forum, which runs October 5-8, but before Fall Comdex, which starts November 15, said Intel spokesman Seth Walker.

Overigens, bedankt roadrunner, voor de onderstaande 3 nieuwtjes.

Via Sysopt.com kom ik bij een press release van VIA terecht die trots melden dat ze IDT (je weet wel, van de WinChip) overgenomen hebben. Naast chipsets wil VIA dus ook x86's gaan bakken. Hier hebbie em:

Taipei, Taiwan, August 5, 1999 - VIA Technologies, Inc. and IDT, Inc. today announced they have signed a letter of commitment for VIA to acquire certain assets of IDT's Centaur design subsidiary, including intellectual property (IP) related to WinChip microprocessor technology and the x86 microprocessor design team located in Austin, Texas. This agreement follows the July 14, 1999 announcement that IDT will exit the x86 microprocessor market. "VIA's acquisition of IDT's Centaur design subsidiary further solidifies our design capability in the x86 arena," said Wen-Chi Chen, President of VIA Technologies. "This represents an exciting step forward in our vision to connect with our industry partners." "We are pleased that VIA values the considerable intellectual property, products and design team embodied in IDT's Centaur design subsidiary," said Len Perham, CEO of IDT. "This transaction will complete IDT's exit from the x86 market that was announced last month. It will enable IDT to intensify its focus on the company's core communications business." VIA and IDT have also entered into a patent cross-license agreement, allowing each company to utilize IP covered by the other's patents, including those Centaur patents acquired by VIA in the above transaction. This cross license extends over the life of these patents.

Ahum, het eerste bericht van vandaag om 21:40.... Maar wel een giga review. Maar liefst 230 pagina's. Althans, dat zegt ie zelf, ik heb ze niet allemaal bekeken. Hier hebbie een stukkie uit de intro:

We'll be taking each card, with its software and hardware accessories, right out of the box to be compared. Driver updates from the web will be used too but nothing more. Why did we do this? Most consumers want to buy a product and have it kick butt right out of the box and without any hassle. This is also why we're not using reference drivers. We want to show the package you get with your purchase and not just the board itself. The packages contain various drivers, multimedia packages, games, demos, software DVD players, special taskbar managers, 3D goggles and then some.

Tom is back! Alhoewel je je af kan vragen hoeveel dit toevoegt aan alle bestaande reviews. Het is in ieder geval wel een compleet overzicht.