ASUS Motherboard

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ASUS Motherboard

• Technology Updates for
• TekTREND 2001

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Whats New

• ASUS advanced products in 2H 2001
• Motherboard focus winning keys for 2H01
• CPU and chipset roadmap updates
• ASUS motherboard roadmap updates

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ASUS Advanced Products in 2H 2001

• New Pentium4 (478-pin) with Brookdale chipset ?
  P4B Series
• Cost down P4 motherboard ? P4T-F (four layer
  PCB)
• Fastest graphics onboard? A7N266 MB (Crush12 from
  nVIDIA)
• Dual Intel / AMD workstation class motherboard
  CUV266-DLS, A7M266-D
• Tualatin transition strategy for Pentium III
  platform
• ASUS DDR solutions
• ASUS LAN strategy Onboard and card
• Six channel audio for high-end channel segment
• USB 2.0 and ASUS plans

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ASUS New P4B MB

• Outlook of new P4-478pin CPU

P4 Northwood 478-pin
P4 Willamate 478-pin
P4 Willamate 423-pin
P4 Willamate 423-pin
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About P4 CPU 423 v.s.478
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Intel Brookdale Chipset

• Market position Main stream/power user
• Launch schedule Sep. 2001

• Graphics
• 1.5V AGP 4X
• I/O - Intel ICH2
• 266 MB/s I/O bandwidth
• ATA100
• 4 USB 1.1 Ports
• 6 channel audio (AC.97)

• Processor
• UP Intel Pentium 4 / Northwood processor
• Socket 478
• Memory
• Single Channel SDRAM
• Unbuffered PC133, 3 DIMM, ECC
• Supports 3GB max
• Or
• Single Channel DDR200
• Unbuffered, 2 DIMM, ECC
• Supports 2GB max
• .

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P4B Series

• The first MB using Intel Brookdale (i845-S)
  chipset to support newer Intel Pentium 4
  (Northwood) CPU running at PC133 SDR for main
  stream/high performance PC segment.
• ASUS is Intels validation partner alpha site and
  can provide the most stable and reliable new
  platform with superior performance.

Channel ATX
DDR
P4B266
P4B
SI mATX
DDR
P4B266-M
P4B-M
Spec CPU Socket 478 P-4/Northwood CPU
Support Chipset Intel i845 ICH2
chipsets Memory PC133 to support Max. 3GB
AGP AGP 3 PCI CNR Audio AC'97 Audio,
SPDIF LAN 3COM 3C920 LAN On-board
P4B-M
Q401
Q102
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What is 4 Layer P4 MB

• Why 4 Layer MB
• To help lower the total cost of P4 systems
• Design changes
• Change PCB from original six layers to four
  layers
• PCB resistance control still required (to ensure
  high frequency signal quality)
• Launch schedule
• ASUS P4T-F
• ES June
• MP July

P4T-F

• Specification
• CPU P4-423
• Chipset NB i850 SB ICH2
• Memory 4XRIMM
• APG AGP Pro Slot
• Slots 5 x 32-bit PCI, 1 x CNR
• AudioAC97
• BIOSAward
• Other features H/W monitor, STR, WOR

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Introduce nVIDIA Crush 12 Chipset
Integrated
AMD FSB 133/100MHz (2.1GB/sec)
Hyper-Transport (LDT) link (800MB/s)
Integrated 3D APU DSPs
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Fastest graphics onboard? A7N266

• Market position
• High-end/power user
• Launch schedule Aug, 2001
• Selling point
• The fastest Gfx built-in AMD CPU based MB
• The first nVIDIA high performance chipset Crush
  12
• Product Spec
• CPU AMD Athlon/Duron 200/266FSB
• Chipset NB Crush 12 SB MPC1
• Memory 3 x 184-pin DDR DIMM, 1.5GB Max
• VGA Integrated Gefore2 MX, 128/64-bit VGA memory
  bus
• Slots 1 x AGP Pro 5 x PCI 1 x ACR
• Audio AC97, SPDIF
• IDE ATA100 dual channel
• LAN Realtek 10/100
• BIOS Award
• Other features H/W monitoring WOR, STR,
  JumperFree

A7N266
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ASUS Dual Solution

• Server Class
• Intel CPU XG-DLS
• CUR-DLS
• Power User / Workstation
• Intel CPU CUV266-DLS
• AMD CPU A7M266-D

New
New
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Dual K7 MB A7M266-D

• Marketing Position
• Support AMD CPU for power users and workstations
• Selling Points
• AMD 762/768 chipsetAMD brand name
• PCI 6/66 for high-end
• U160 SCSI and 3COM LAN optional on LS module (for
  workstation)
• Launch schedule
• ESJuly
• MPAug

A7M266-D

• Specification
• CPU Dual Athlon 266MHz FSB
• Memory 4XDDR266, 4GB Max.
• APG AGP Pro slot
• Slots 2 x PCI 64, 3 x 32-bit PC
• IDE ATA100 dual channel
• SCSI/LAN Optional ASUS LS module
• AudioC-Media 6 channel PCI audio
• BIOSAward
• Others STR, WOR, WOL, PCI2.2, USB1.1

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Dual PIII MB CUV266-DLS

• Marketing Position
• For power users and workstations
• Selling Points
• DP Cumine Support
• 2GB ECC DDR SDRAM Support
• Intel 82559 LAN
• Adaptec 7899 Ultra160 SCSI
• MPS 1.4 Support
• AUX PWR Conn. Support
• 3 x 12V FAN Launch schedule
• ESJuly
• MPAug

• Specification
• CPU Dual P-III/133MHz Cumine
• Memory 4XDDR, Max 2GB
• APG AGP Pro Slot
• Slots 5 x 32-bit PCI
• MR ISA side
• SCSI Adaptec 7899 dual channel U160 SCSI
• LAN Intel 82559 10/100Mb Ethernet LAN
• Audio AC97
• BIOSAward

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Tualatin transition strategy for Pentium III
platform

• Schedules Positions
• Tualatin CPU schedule
• Sample for SI June 2001
• Mass production for channels Aug. 2001
• Tualatin supported chipsets schedule
• 815E-B stepping ES May MP June.
• VIA Pro266T ES June MP July.
• ALI 1651 ES June MP July
• VIA694T ES June MP July.
• The position of Tualatin core CPU
• Q301 Performance PIII for desktop
• Q101 Starting entry CPU for value segment

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ASUS Transition Plan QAs

• How should I face Tualatin transitions?
• Tualatin support is nice to have, but not
  necessary in 2001.
• Intel is trying to push P4-478 as main stream
  CPU.
• The price of Tualatin is more expansive than P4
  in same performance segment.
• How should we start the move?
• Finish transition stage by stage
• Q3 transits high end motherboard for higher
  frequency solution.
• Q4 starting entry segment transition to prepare
  the value segment CPU based on Tualatin core
  technology in Q102

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ASUS Tualatin Products

• All middle to high-end P-III MBs will smoothly
  migrate to
• TUSL series (815EP/E B-stepping)
• TUSL2-C MP July, 01
• TUSL2 MP Aug, 01
• TUEP2-M MP Sep, 01
• TUV266 series (Pro266T)
• TUV266 MP July, 01
• TUA266 series (Ali1651)
• TUA266 MP July, 01
• TUV4X series (694X-T)
• TUV4X-E MP July, 01
• TUV4X-C MP Aug, 01

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ASUS Tualatin MB Transitions
CUV266
DDR Performance
TUV266
CUSL2
TUSL2
CUSL2-C
Intel Brand
TUSL2-C
TUA266
DDR
CUV4X-E
TUV4X-E
Cost
CUV4X-C
TUV4X-C/E
Q2
Q3
Q4
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ASUS DDR Product Mix

• Strategy
• DDR will be SDR replacement in Q102
• DDR only design for high-end segment platforms in
  2001
• Having hybrid design for mainstream in 2001 will
  be changed to pure DDR design in 2002
• Pure DDR MBs (For High-end segment)
• Intel CUV266
• AMD A7M266, A7V266, A7M266-D, A7N266
• Hybrid DDR/SDR MBs
• Intel CPU MB
• P4V266
• TUA266
• AMD CPU MB
• A7A266

A7N266 P4BD
Hybrid Design
DDR Only Design
DDR Price
SDR Price
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ASUS LAN Strategy
CUEP2-M / TUEP2-M

• ASUS has three LAN solutions
• Onboard for SI, Power User
• Card for Channel
• Module for channel with SCSI U160
• Onboard LAN marketing position
• High-end channel/SI Brand name solution
• 3COM920
• Middle/Entry SI Cost and reliable
• Realtek 8100 series
• Introduce ASUS PCI-L3C920 LAN card
• It is 3COM!!!
• Use on all, and only ASUS motherboard
• ASUS SCSI/LAN module provides the best
  performance storage and connectivity capability
  to workstations and power users

CUV266/TUV266 TUEP2-M A7V266
CUV266/TUV266
SCSI/LAN module solution
PCI-L3C920 MP June
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6 Channel Audio

• Why need 6 channel audio
• DVD drive is standard in high-end system
• Six channel provide DVD title Dolby Digital
  playback
• Which model supports 6-channel
• TUA266, TUSL2
• A7V266,
• Introduce Cmedia 6 channel audio chip
• 6CH DAC for AC3 5.1CH purpose.
• HRTF-based 3D positional audio, supporting
  DirectSound 3D and A3D interface
• Supports 4.1/5.1 speakers, C3DX positional audio
  in 4 / 6 CH speaker mode

• How to use 6-channel
• Use software driver to switch audio jacks
  function
• The connection

Before Switch
Line-out Line-in Mic in
After Switch
Front Real Center Out Out Out
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About USB 2.0

• USB 2.0 transfers data at 480Mb/s
• (v.s. USB 1.1 at 12Mb/s) ? 40X faster
• Works with existing cables and connectors
• Fully backward compatible to USB 1.1
• USB 2.0 for commercial/data storage ??1394 for
  consumer (DV application)

480Mb/s
Window XP patch
NEC Philips, ICH4 (2H02)
400Mb/s
Window ME/200 built-in
TI Conexant VIA
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ASUS USB 2.0 Plans

• Currently, only few sample device available
• Add on card solution in Q3/Q4
• NEC/Philips silicon solution for enthusiastic
  user
• Onboard solution in late Q102
• NEC solution on P4B series
• ICH4 solution in 2H02 by Intel
• Other chipsets

• In Q3, use add-on card solution for the
  flexability
• No extra cost add to 99.9 user for MBs
• Very few mature devices at this time

• In Q4, only very high-end models has USB2.0
  onboard option
• More storage device available
• Feature rich product spec

• In 2H02, Intel ICH4 will built-in USB 2.0 as
  standard feature
• All 3rd party chipset will include the feature in
  their newer chipset
• Devices are wildly available

Q3/Q4
Q102
2H02
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MB Focus in 2H 2001 Intel
P3 DDR Solution CUV266/TUV266 CUA266/TUA266
P4 Intel chipset P4B
P4 Intel DDR chipset P4B266
P4 3rd party chipset P4V266
P3 Entry Solution CUV4X-C, CUSI, CUVL
Q4
1H02
Q3
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MB Focus in 2H 2001 AMD
Athlon nVIDIA chipset A7N266
Athlon DDR chipset A7V266 A7A266
Duron Entry Solution A7V-E
Q4
1H02
Q3
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CPUs Roadmap Intel
P4 Northwood 478-pin 0.13u 2G 3.6G
0.18u?0.13u 2G ? 3.6G
P4 Willamate 478-pin 0.18u 1.7G 2G
Sample Oct/End MP Nov
423?478 pin
Use P4-478pin Motherboards (P4B series, P4V
series)
P4 Willamate 423-pin 0.18u 1.4G 2G
Sample Aug/End MP Sep/B
P3 Cumine128K L2 0.18u 933M 1.1G
1.1G will be 100MHz FSB
P3 Tualatin256K L2 0.13u 1G 1.3G
Celeron Cumine 64K 0.18u 766 1G?
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CPUs Roadmap AMD
Mustang Large on-chip L2 Socket A
SledgeHammer (K8) 4-8Way
ClawHammer (K8) 1-2Way
Palomino Mobile DT PowerNow, 3D Now
Prof. Socket A 0.18u Copper
Thoroughbred Mobile DT Socket A 0.13u
AMD TB 384K on-chip cache Socket A 0.18u
Morgan Desktop PowerNow, 3D Now Prof. Socket
A 0.18u Copper
Appaloosa DT Mobil Socket A 0.13u
Duron 192K on-chip cache Socket A 0.18u
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CPUs Roadmap VIA
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Chipsets Roadmap Intel Discrete
815EP Cumine PC133 4X AGP ICH2
815EP-B Tualatin PC133 4X AGP ICH2
845-S P4 PC133 4X AGP ICH2
845-D P4 DDR 4X AGP ICH2, Q202
Intel
MP Q1
MP Q4
MP Q3
Pro266 DP Cumine DDR/SDR 4X AGP V-Link266MB/S
Pro266T DP Tualatin DDR/SDR 4X AGP V-Link266MB/S
P4X266 P4 400MHz DDR/SDR 4X AGP V-Link266MB/S
Sample Q3 MP Q4
MP Q3
VIA
Pro133T DP Tualatin PC133 4X GAP
Pro133A DP Cumine PC133 4X AGP
MP Q3
M1651 Cumine-66/100/133 DDR/SDR
M1651-T Tualatin-66/100/133 DDR/SDR
M1661 P4 DDR/SDR 8XAGP
Sample Q4 MP Q1
Ali
MP Q3
SiS633 Cumine-66/100/133 PC133
SiS635 Tualatin-66/100/133 DDR/SDR
SiS645 P4 DDR/SDR 4XAGP
SiS
MP Q4
MP Q3
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Chipsets Roadmap Intel Gfx
Tulloch P4 DDR266 4X AGP ICH2
815E Cumine PC133 4X AGP ICH2
815E-B Tualatin PC133 4X AGP ICH2
815EG Tualatin PC133 ICH2
Intel
845-G P4 Amador GFX 4X AGP ICH2
PM133/PL133 Cumine-100/133 PC133 Savage4Gfx 4X
AGP(PM only)
PL133T Tualatin PC133 Savage4Gfx
P4M266 P4 400MHz DDR266 Savage4 4X
AGP V-Link266MB/S
Sample Sep MP Q1
MP Q3
VIA
PLE133T Tualatin PC133 Trident Gfx
PLE133 Cumine-100/133 PC133 Trident Gfx
PM/PL266T Tualati DDR/SDR Savage4Gfx 4X AGP(PM
only) V-Link266MB/S
Sample Q4 MP Q1
MP Q3
ATI A3 Tualatin DDR Radeon UMA Gfx 4XAGP
Sample Q3 MP Q4
ATI
SiS630E Cumine-66/100/133 PC133 300E Gfx ATA66
SiS640 Tualatin-66/100/133 DDR/SDR Real256Gfx ATA1
00
SiS
MP Q3
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Chipsets Roadmap AMD Discrete
AMD761 Athlon/Duron -133 DDR266 4X AGP
AMD762 Dual Athlon DDR266 4X AGP
Sample June MP Aug
AMD
KT266 Athlon/Duron-266FSB DDR/SDR 4X
AGP V-Link266MB/S
K8T266 K8 TH Bus DDR/SDR 4X/8X
AGP V-Link266/533MB/S
VIA
KT133A Athlon/Duron-266FSB PC133 4XAGP
KT133E Athlon/Duron-200 FSB PC133 4XAGP
M1647 Athlon/Duron-266FSB DDR/SDR 4XAGP
M1667 Athlon/Duron-266FSB DDR/SDR 8XAGP, Link BUS
Sample Q4 MP Q1
Ali
SiS735 Athlon/Duron-266FSB DDR/SDR 4XAGP
SiS745 Athlon/Duron-266FSB DDR/SDR 961A, ZipLink
SiS
MP Q3
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Chipsets Roadmap AMD Gfx
nVIDIA
KM/KL133 Athlon/Duron-200FSB PC133 Savage4 (4X
AGPPM only)
KM/KL133A Athlon/Duron-266FSB PC133 Savage4 (4X
AGPM only)
KM266 Athlon/Duron-266FSB DDR/SDR Savage4,
4XAGP V-Link 266MB/s
Sample Q4 MP Q1
MP Q3
VIA
KLE133 Athlon/Duron-266FSB PC133 Trident Gfx
Ali
SiS730S Athlon/Duron-200FSB PC133 300E Gfx
SiS740 Athlon/Duron-266FSB DDR/SDR 256 Gfx, 961A
SiS741 Athlon/Duron-266FSB DDR/SDR 256 Gfx, 961A,
4XAGP
SiS
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ASUS MB Trend Intel Discrete
P4850RDRAM
P4-478850RDRAM
NWBrookdale SDR
NWBrookdale DDR
815E
815E(B)SDR
Pro266T DDR/SDR
Pro266
815EP
815EP (B)
ALI266DDR/SDR
ALI266
694T
694X
Tualatin
P4
P3
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ASUS MB Trend Intel Gfx Intg.
VIA P4M266 (Savage4)
815EG
Tualatin
P4
CuMine
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ASUS MB Trend AMD Discrete
nVidia266DDR/SDR
AMD760
KT266DDR/SDR
ALi266DDR/SDR
KT133A
KT133E
KT133A
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ASUS MB Trend AMD Gfx Intg
nVidia266DDR/SDR
KM266DDR/SDR
SiS740
KM133ADDR/SDR
KM133DDR/SDR
KL133
SiS730
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Intel Channel Discrete Solution
P4T-E
850P478 RDRAM
P4T
P4T-F
850P423 RDRAM 4-layer
850P423 RDRAM
P4BD
P4-478 BrookdaleDDR
P4B
P4-478 BrookdaleSDR
CUV266
TUV266
Pro266 3DDR
Pro266T
TUA266
CUSL2
TUSL2-C
815E
CUSL2-C
TUSL2-C
815EP/B-Stepping
CUV4X-E
TUV4X-E
694T
CUV4X-C
TUV4X-C
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Intel SI / Integrate Solution
P4T-EM
P4-478 850RDRAM4Layer
P4T-M
P4T-FM
P4-423, 850 RDRAM4Layer
P4BD-M
P4-478, 845D DDR
P4B-M
P4-478, 845S SDR
TUV266-VM
PM266
CUSL2/EP2-M
TUEP2-M
815EP/B-step
815EG
TUEG-M
CUV4X-VM
TUV4X-VM
PM133
PM133T
TUV4X-ME
CUV4X-M
CUV4X-ME
Change to 686B
694T
694X
CUV4X-CM
CUV4X-CME
Add Creative Audio
Change to 686B
CUVL-VM
TUVL-VM
PL
CUPLE-VM
TUVLE-VM
PLE
ATA100
TUSI-FX/-M
CUSI-FX/-M
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AMD Channel Discrete Solution
A7M266
AMD760 3DDR
KT266 3DDR2SDR
A7V266
Ali1647 2DDR3SDR
A7A266
A7V133
KT133A
A7V-E
KT133E
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AMD SI / Integrated Solution
A7N266
nVidia Crush12 DDR
A7V266-M
KM266 DDR
A7V-M
A7V133-M
KT133A
KT133
A7V133-VM
A7VI-VM
KM133
KM133A
A7VL-VM
KL133
A7S-VM
SiS730S
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Backup
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nVIDIA Crush 12 Gfx Improvement

• GeForce2MX Plus Enhancements
• Supports Burst Interrupts
• Lower overall system level latency
• Optimized utilization of available memory
  bandwidth
• Internal AGP6X Bus
• GPU has access to 50 more texture transfers than
  external AGP4X (66MHz vs 100MHz)
• Supported by TwinBank (Crush12)
• 128-bit DDR memory access
• Single memory arbitration architecture as opposed
  to multiple sequential arbiters
• Supports tile interleaving

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Crush Memory Architecture

• Fastest System Performance
• TwinBank enables parallel and concurrent accesses
  from CPU, GPU, APU and other masters
• Highest SMA memory bandwidth available (4.2GB/s)
• Lowest system level latency
• Advanced memory arbitration architecture w/single
  arbiter
• 128-bit memory access through cache line
  interleaving
• Balanced architecture no bottlenecks!

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LDT Superior I/O Bus with Headroom

• 800MB/sec
• Highest bandwidth, Isochronous, Low latency bus
• Headroom for Hi-bandwidth functions integration
• IEEE1394, USB2.0, Serial/Next gen. ATA, Gigabit
  Ethernet
• Intel Hub-link or VIA V-link (266MB/s peak) is
  already the performance bottleneck today !

TODAY
TOMORROW
PCI bridge 133 MB/s Dual ATA-100 200 MB/s Dual
10/100 MAC 25 MB/s USB2.0 60 MB/s IEEE 1394
(800mb/s) 100 MB/s Gigabit Ethernet 125MB/s ______
_____________________ Total Bandwidth 643 MB/s
PCI bridge 133 MB/s Dual ATA-66 132 MB/s 10/100
MAC 12.5 MB/s Dual USB HCI 3
MB/s ___________________________ Total
Bandwidth 280.5 MB/s
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VIA X86 Discrete Chipset Roadmap
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VIA X86 SMA Chipset Roadmap
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VIA AMD Discrete Chipset Roadmap
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VIA AMD SMA Chipset Roadmap
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SiS Discrete Solutions Roadmap
745 AMD Athlon, External AGP DDR, ATA-100,
PC2001
735 AMD Athlon External AGP 4x, DDR, ATA-100,
PC2001
Pin compatible
961A, ZipLinkTM System I/O
ES Q1 02 MP Q2 02
733 AMD Athlon External AGP 4x, SDRAM, ATA-100,
PC2001
ES Now MP May
ES Q3 01 MP Q4 01
650 Pin compatible
SiS
635T P!!!T FSB External AGP 4x, DDR, ATA-100,
PC2001
Pin-to-Pin
635 P!!! FSB External AGP 4x, DDR, ATA-100,
PC2001
ES Now MP Now
Pin-to-Pin
633T P!!!T FSB External AGP 4x, SDRAM, ATA-100,
PC2001
Pin-to-Pin
633 P!!! FSB External AGP 4x, SDRAM, ATA-100,
PC2001
In Mass Production
1H-2002
2H-2001
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SiS Integrated Solution Roadmap
741, AMD Athlon REAL256TM 2D/3D, Ultra-AGP IITM
DDR, ATA-100, PC2001, AGP4x slot
740, AMD Athlon REAL256TM 2D/3D, Ultra-AGP IITM
DDR, ATA-100, PC2001
730S, Athlon/Duron Graphics Integrated 133/133,
ATA-100, AGP4x
961A, ZipLinkTM System I/O
961A, ZipLinkTM System I/O
ES July 01 MP Q3 01
ES Nov. 01 MP Q1 02
730SE, Athlon/Duron Graphics Integrated 100/133,
ATA-100
SiS
630ST, P!!!T Graphics Integrated 133/133,
ATA-100, AGP4x
650, P4 REAL256TM 2D/3D, Ultra-AGP IITM DDR,
ATA-100, PC2001, AGP4x slot
640T, P!!!T FSB REAL256TM 2D/3D, Ultra-AGP IITM
DDR, ATA-100, PC2001
Pin compatible
630S, Intel P!!! Integrated 133/133, ATA-100,
AGP4x
ES Now MP Aug.
961A, ZipLinkTM System I/O
961A, ZipLinkTM System I/O
ES June 01 MP Q3 01
ES Nov. 01 MP Q1 02
Phase out by Sep./E
645 Pin compatible
630ET, P!!!T Graphics Integrated 133/133, ATA-100
Pin compatible
630E, Celeron Graphics Integrated 133/133, ATA-66

ES June MP Aug.
3Q-2001
2Q-2001
1H-2002
4Q-2001
In Mass Production
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