Via KT400 for AMD ahead
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That follows the introduction first of its P4X600 which, as we've said before, will support both the 400MHz and 533MHz front side buses Intel is ready to switch to. Given the number of chipsets Via will introduce that will support the Pentium 4, it now seems to us that it is a matter of some urgency for the firm to sort out its litigation dispute with Intel. Currently, it does not have a vast swathe of third party support for the P4 chipsets, despite a number of reviewers suggesting it is one of the better platforms for the Intel flagship.
The P4X600 supports 128-bit 266 and 333MHz double data rate (DDR) memory, has a choice of AGP2X/4X and 8X, as well as 8X V-Link, with production slated for the second quarter of this year.
The KT400, which is a followup to the KT333 for the Athlon which Via is expected to launch on the 20th of this month, supports both Athlon XPs and Durons, has twin 200/266MHz front side bus support, support for DDR333 and DDR400 ECC, AGP 4X and AGP8x and will sample next month, with production in the second quarter.
The AMD supporting KM333 is a follow on from its KM266 chipset, and comes with its integrated Zoetrope GFX graphics and an 8X V-Link.
The TX99 will feature MIPS-3D ASE (application specific extension) for execution of multimedia tasks, enabling the chip to run at speeds over 1-GHz, said Toshinori Moriyasu, general manager of Microprocessor Division at Toshiba.
Development tools and applications software will be available from numerous third-party suppliers, including Algorithmics, Green Hills Software, Mentor Graphics, Microsoft, MontaVista, Red Hat and Wind River. In addition, the MIPS Alliance Program (MAP) supports the availability of critical hardware and software such as 802.11, Bluetooth, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, audio algorithms, ATM, and others.
Toshiba will launch its initial product in the first quarter of 2003 and bring a TX99-based general microprocessor to market by the end of 2003.