Which chip-set was released first?

[oleg]

Hi guys,
Could anyone help me out finiding the right release date for each chip-set in their release order? (first to last)

820, 820 w/MTH, VIA133APRO, I810E

I'm guessing: 133APRO, 820, 820MTH, 810E.

Any comments?

Regards,

Oleg,

 

[Henry Kuo]

hmmm.... I would say either

133APRO, 820, 820MTH, 810E or
810E, 133APRO, 820, 820MTH

I am sure about the other 3, but not 810E...

 

[GL]

I'm pretty sure the 810E came out before the 820s. I'm not too sure whether the 133 A Pro came out before the 810E, but here's my guess:

810E, 133 A Pro, 820/820MTH (released together I think).

Sorry...you'll need somebody else's help as my memory seems to be going!

-GL

 

[AndyHui]

i810, VIA 133A, i810E, i820 (MTH)

 

[Henry Kuo]

i820 was released before VIA? I thought VIA released it first before i820 to try to capture the market?

 

[LXi]

No, the Apollo 133 released before i820, but the 133Pro is after i820. It goes like this

i810, Appollo 133, i810E, i820 MTH, i820, Appollo 133Pro

 

[Henry Kuo]

oooicic.... hmm... but i think i820 MTH should be after i820 no matter what right? the MTH is an addon to i820?

 

[LXi]

Im not really sure, but I start to see the i820w/MTH before the pure i820s start to appear on pricewatch. I assume it's one of those stupid Intel strategies to release the MTH first so the market can get migrate over to RDRAM easier.

 

[Henry Kuo]

haha, if that's the case, Intel has to wait 10 yrs for the price to drop, haha...

 

[LXi]

Hahah... yea, they totally underesimated the price of RDRAM. It would've been great if they start using RDRAM solution like a year later or so. Boy, i820 with SDRAM(not MTH, but rather natural support) would've been a killer and surely sucess BX.