Vi comunichiamo qui sotto un comunicato ufficiale Via, con il quale annuncia il nuovo chipset per piattaforma Pentium 4, ovvero il P4X333:

Taipei, Taiwan, 14th March 2002 - VIA Technologies, Inc., a leading innovator and developer of core logic chipsets, microprocessors, and multimedia, networking and communications chips, today announced the VIA Apollo P4X333 chipset. With DDR333 support, 533MHz processor bus, AGP 8X, ATA-133, USB 2.0 and Double-Speed V-Link chip interconnect, the VIA Apollo P4X333 brings an unmatched suite of new memory, system and I/O technologies to a single platform. In combination these technologies enable Intel® Pentium® 4 systems and servers to achieve heights of performance never scaled before.

"VIA is acknowledged as the industry leader in enabling the transition to high speed DDR333 memory" commented Wen-Chi Chen, President & CEO, VIA Technologies, Inc. "With the launch of the VIA Apollo P4X333 we are also pioneering the latest I/O and communication technologies, eliminating traditional system bottlenecks, and delivering incredible user experiences that meet the high expectations of today's demanding consumers"

"VIA seems determined to drive DDR333 as the next mainstream memory technology. The launch of the feature rich P4X333 supports this trend" said Bert McComas, Principal Analyst, InQuest Market Research "The combination of DR333 performance and many new I/O and communication technologies will raise the bar for Intel Pentium 4 processor platforms."

Fonte : hwupgrade