VIA: More Info on Chipset Roadmap...

AGodspeed

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http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/story.html?id=1014252553

This confirms most of the stuff reported by The Inquirer here.

Socket A:

KT400: This is a logical continuation of KT333. It will support DDR400 PC3200 DDR SDRAM, AGP 8x and 533MB/sec V-Link. The engineering samples are scheduled for March, while the mass production ? for Q2?02.

Socket...Hammer:

K8HTB: This is the first solution for 64bit AMD Clawhammer CPUs. No details are available so far, however, the test samples are said to come out in April this year.

Socket 478:

P4X600: This is VIA?s first dual-channel chipset supporting two PC2100 DDR SDRAM channels (offering 4.2GB/sec overall bandwidth of the memory subsystem, which is just the same as by 533MHz QP bus). It will also support 533MHz QP, AGP 8x and 533MB/sec V-Link. The chipset should start sampling within this quarter, while mass production is planned for Q2?02.

P4X800: This is the next dual-channel chipset for DDR II memory. Of course, it will support the same 533MHz QP, AGP 8x and 533MB/sec V-Link. The samples are to come in H2?02.

A lot of exciting stuff here, for Socket A/Hammer and Socket 478. It'll just be another 4-5 months or so before this stuff gets into our hands...
 

Sid03

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with alternate (more stable) solutions out there, i'm not sure why anyone would choose a via chipset... ESPECIALLY for a p4.
 

x86

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Godspeed, sorry to disappoint you but I can't imagine how the Athlon will take advantage of the increased memory bandwidth offered by the KT400. Surely you have taken a look at the KT333, it hasn't offered any considerable performance over the 266A counterpart.

-x86
 

JavaMomma

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<< Godspeed, sorry to disappoint you but I can't imagine how the Athlon will take advantage of the increased memory bandwidth offered by the KT400. Surely you have taken a look at the KT333, it hasn't offered any considerable performance over the 266A counterpart.

-x86
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Yes but if the KT400 runs the Athlon at 400Mhz FSB as well as memory, that will be a nice increase in performance.
KT333 runs with only 266FSB