"In a few days time, VIA will present AMD with its 100 Millionth chipset. Quite a feat for a collaboration that has already been 10 years in the making. Looking back, when AMD introduced the Socket A Athlon in 2000, its success was largely due to VIA's KT133 chipset which made a fast and stable platform for the new Athlon processor. It was also VIA that first brought a reliable DDR chipset to AMD.
Yet, VIA's success at producing a K8 chipset for the Athlon64 platform has remained largely muted, even as the honeymoon wears off on the VIA K8T890. With PCI Express being the new battleground for AMD-based 64-bit motherboards, I for one hope that VIA breaks through nVidia's shadow quickly; after all, more manufacturers vying for the Athlon64 platform should translate into better price for everyone."
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PCStats
Feb 17, 2005, 04:55 PM
