SiS R658 "Debuts": Paper Launch Anyone?

[Athlon4all]

I noticed this press release at AT, and this is cool, but I see no reviews, no nothing, paper launch anyone?

 

[Adul]

doh i was going to post it as well.

 

[JKing76]

I'd like to know as well. Hopefully soon, so Shuttle works it into their SFF.

 

[majewski9]

Has anyone even seen a board based on the 658? I havent even seen a reference board and no benches what so ever. Sounds like a powerful chipset on paper at least!

 

[ToBeMe]

Found this..............

• Charles Chou, Taipei; Christy Lee, DigiTimes.com [Thursday 1 August 2002]
  
  
  Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) has become the second chipset supplier for the Rambus DRAM platform with the launch of its new R658 chipset. Shipments of the product will start in this quarter.
  
  Currently priced at US$39, the R658 falls into the same price segment as Intel?s RDRAM-based chipsets, the 850 and 850E, which are quoted at US$38 and US$40, respectively.
  
  Besides being able to support both the single and dual-channel PC1066 RDRAM products, SiS?s latest R658 can also allow its compliant motherboards to adopt RIMMs (Rambus inline memory modules) of different specifications and capacities to better meet the cost demand in the mainstream market, said Alex Wu, senior director of SiS?s integrated product division (IPD).
  
  At present, the RDRAM platform is limited mostly to the high-end market, and with Intel showing stronger support for the DDR platform, the market share of RDRAM-based chipsets has dropped from 15% in 2001 to the current 10%.
  
  However, SiS believes that the RDRAM standard still has a chance to enter the mainstream sector, especially as DRAM makers like Samsung Electronics and Elpida have decided to manufacture new-generation, dual-channel RDRAM products. The chipset designer estimates that if introduction of the new memories proceeds well, it is likely to take up 30% of the RDRAM-platform market by the end of 2003.
  
  Despite SiS?s optimism, motherboard makers appear more conservative about the RDRAM products, given the limited market scale and the complicated chipset product lines at the moment. Manufacturers tend to observe the overall market acceptance first before deciding whether to start mass production. Still, Asustek Computer already plans to launch a new R658-supporting motherboard.
  

 

[andreasl]

I found these over at Ace's BBS. Supposely it's benchmarks of this SiS RDRAM chipset. If these are true it makes you wonder why SiS even bothered. I expected more but I will hold my judgement a bit longer.

 

[WetWilly]

The reference board exists, suppose we'll have to wait for it to do the rounds of web sites.

 

[OneOfTheseDays]

yeah RDRAM really isn't SiS's domain. the 658 was dubbed the i850e killer, but it seems unlikely that it will cover up that gap by the time it launches. Their DDR chipsets, on the other hand, are performing quite well though.