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Via Technologies Inc. put the PC133 SDRAM market into full swing last week with the introduction of its long-awaited Intel-compatible core-logic chipsets.
Via unveiled the Apollo Pro133, an Intel-compatible PC133 chipset, at last week's Computex '99 show in Taipei, Taiwan. In addition, motherboard vendors ASUSTek Computer Inc., Giga-byte Technology Co. Ltd., and Micro-Star International Co. Ltd. displayed PC133 boards using the Via chipset.
With chipsets on the market and DRAM makers ready to go with their devices, "almost all PC OEMs will unveil PC133 SDRAM models within the next few months," said analyst Robert Merritt of Semico Research Corp., Phoenix. "This will include sub-$1,000 and even sub-$600 PCs as well as midrange systems." r
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