Arun
03-Feb-2007, 11:04
Digitimes is <a href="http://www.digitimes.com/mobos/a20070202PD209.html" target=_b3dout>reporting</a> that AMD is indeed on track to deliver the 690 Series chipset family by the end of February. As expected, it is a two-chip solution, with the SB600 complementing the northbridge. We talked about the various northbridge SKUs in a previous <a href="http://www.beyond3d.com/forum/showthread.php?t=36261" target=_b3dout>news piece</a>.
NVIDIA's roadmaps for the AMD platform surprisingly don't seem to have leaked yet, so at this point, it even looks like NVIDIA isn't going to compete in that higher-end part of the AMD IGP market in the coming months. The RS690G is a four pipeline design, unlike the previous AMD and NVIDIA parts which all only had two; furthermore, the 690G is limited to supporting PS2.0b, but sports AVIVO video functionality, which might be a fair bit more important for the target market.
NVIDIA's roadmaps for the AMD platform surprisingly don't seem to have leaked yet, so at this point, it even looks like NVIDIA isn't going to compete in that higher-end part of the AMD IGP market in the coming months. The RS690G is a four pipeline design, unlike the previous AMD and NVIDIA parts which all only had two; furthermore, the 690G is limited to supporting PS2.0b, but sports AVIVO video functionality, which might be a fair bit more important for the target market.