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SiS´s updated chipset roadmap

Mycom PC Web informed on SiS Intel and AMD roadmap. As we get it, SiS doesn´t intend to cede to Intel and focuses on PCI Express 16x instead of AGP as well as on the support of dual-channel DDR400/DDR-II 677/533/400.

North bridge SiS 655FX SiS R658 SiS R659 SiS 661FX SiS 656 SiS 656FX SiS 662
CPU socket Socket 478 Socket 478 / LGA775
FSB 800 / 533 / 400 533 / 400 800 / 533 / 400 1067 / 800 / 533 / 400
Hyper Threading Yes
Memory interface DDR 400 / 333 / 266 PC1066 / 800 PC1066 / 1200 DDR 400 / 333 / 266 2 x DDR400, 2 x DDR-II 677 / 533 / 400
Max. memory 4GB n/a 8GB (?) 3GB 4GB
Graphics interface AGP8x AGP8x / Real256E PCI Express 16x PCI Express 16x / DX9 Graphics
South bridge SiS963 SiS964 SiS965 SiS966 SiS965
Int. bus MuTIOL 1G MuTIOL 2G MuTIOL 1G
SATA n/a 2 x SATA 150 4 x SATA 150
ATA 2 x 133 / 100 /66
USB 6 x USB 1.1 / 2.0 8 x USB 1.1 / 2.0
PCI Express n/a 2ch 4ch 2ch
Other 6ch AC´97 / LAN / Modem / IEEE1394 6ch AC´97 / LAN / Modem 6ch AC´97 / LAN / Modem / 802.11b High Definition Audio / GbE 6ch AC´97 / LAN / Modem / 802.11b
Avail. Available March 2004 Q4 2004 June 2004

Along with the promotion of SiS655TX and SiS655FX chipsets that are the obvious rivals of Intel´s i865 series, the company is going to further advance its proprietary projects, including SiS659 supporting 4-channel RDRAM. SiS662, the simplified version of SiS656 (w/o ECC), is to arrive closer to the Summer. Closer to the this year-end, we should see the SiS656FX supporting DDR2-800 (given this memory is available). And company´s AMD chipset roadmap looks like this:

North bridge SiS 748 SiS 741 SiS 755 SiS 756 SiS 760 SiS 761
Socket / interface SocketA Hyper Transport
FSB 400 / 333 / 266 800 1GHz (?) / 800 800 1GHz (?) / 800
Hyper Threading N/a
Memory interface DDR 400 / 333 / 266 N/a DDR 400 (?) / 333 DDR-II 533 (?) / 400
Max. memory 3GB N/a (?) (?)
Graphics interface AGP8x AGP8x / Real256E AGP8x PCI Express 16x AGP8x / Ultra256E PCI Express 16x / DX9 Graphics
South bridge SiS963 SiS964 SiS964 SiS965 SiS964 SiS965
Interface MuTIOL 1G
SATA N/a 2 x SATA 150 N/a 2 x SATA 150 N/a 2 x SATA 150
ATA 2 x 133 / 100 / 66
USB 6 x USB 1.1/2.0 8 x USB 1.1/2.0 6 x USB 1.1/2.0 8 x USB 1.1/2.0 6 x USB 1.1/2.0 8 x USB 1.1/2.0
PCI Express N/a Available N/a Avail.
Other 6ch AC´97 / LAN / Modem / IEEE1394 6ch AC´97 / LAN / Modem 6ch AC´97 / LAN / Modem / 802.11b 6ch AC´97 / LAN / Modem 6ch AC´97 / LAN / Modem / 802.11b
Avail. Available March 2004 June 2004 June 2004

It seems that SiS755 will become the only SiS solution with Socket 940 support and further models will support Socket 939. SiS965, expected in March 2004, will support MuTIOL 1G, 8 x USB 2.0, 4 x ATA133, 4 x SATA w/RAID, 2 x PCI Express x1, 10/100/1000 LAN, AC97 2.3.

Closer to August we should expect SiS966 supporting MuTIOL 2G, 8 x USB 2.0, 4 x ATA133, 4 x SATA w/RAID, 4 x PCI Express x1, 10/100/1000 LAN, Intel Azalia/AC97 2.3.

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