[Pc_Support] Re: AMD buys ATI, is this good or bad -- AMD has a core chipset logic already

[Bryan J. Smith]

On Tue, 2006-07-25 at 11:48 -0400, Bryan J. Smith wrote:
> The GPU is going on the HyperTransport eXtension (HTX), so only the 8132
> (legacy PCI-X) and replacement for 8111 (legacy PC / peripherals) is
> needed.

Actually, they'll at least do ...

A.  Add 4-16 PCIe channels to the 8111 replacement for PCIe x1, x4
and/or x8 slot for just I/O

And possibly ...

B.  Come out with a 8171 (?) that adds 20-40 PCIe channels for legacy
PCIe video support

They might not do "B" (I wouldn't), and just continue offering the ATI
chipsets until ATI HTX video cards are commonplace.  That's when such an
8171 wouldn't be necessary anyway.


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