Boost For DDR Technology: The AMD-760 Chipset, Continued

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Basic set-up of the AMD-760 chipset.

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Chipset	AMD 760	VIA Apollo KT133A	VIA Apollo KT266	ALi Magik 1
Introduction	February 2001	January 2001	March 2001	February 2001
Processor-Platform	Socket 462	Socket 462	Socket 462	Socket 462
Supported CPU	AMD Athlon/Duron	AMD Athlon/Duron	AMD Athlon/Duron	AMD Athlon/Duron
Multiprocessor-Support	no	no	no	no
Front-Side-Bus-Clock	100/133 MHz	100/133 MHz	100/133 MHz	100/133 MHz
Memory Clock	100/133 MHz	100/133 MHz	100/133 MHz	100/133 MHz
Asynchronous Memory Clock	yes	yes	yes	yes
33 MHz PCI with 133 MHz FSB	yes	yes	yes	yes
FSB-Overclocking *	up to 150 MHz	up to 180 MHz	up to 166 MHz	up to 160 MHz
max. # DIMM-Slots	4	4	2	4
max. Memory	2048 MB	1536 MB	2048 MB	1024 MB
DDR-SDRAM-Support	yes	no	yes	yes
VC-SDRAM-Support	no	yes	no	no
RIMM-Support (Rambus)	no	no	no	no
Ultra-DMA/33/66/100	yes/yes/yes	yes/yes/yes	yes/yes/yes	yes/yes/yes
max. # USB	4	4	4	4
max. # PCI-Slots	6	6	6	6
integrated Graphics	no	no	no	no
AGP 1x / 2x / 4x	yes / yes / yes	yes / yes / yes	yes / yes / yes	yes / yes / yes
ACPI-Features	yes	yes	yes	yes

* depending on clockgenerator

Comparing the new AMD chipset to the competition: Together, VIA and ALi hold the largest market share.

It is mainly because of VIA that the Socket462 platform for AMD processors can be found on so many motherboards. AMD's success in the processor business could undoubtedly extend even further if the microprocessor maker decided to offer its own chipsets in larger quantities. Archenemy and rival Intel has been showing the way for years - only Intel chipsets use Intel processors to their full potential when it comes to performance. And there are almost no problems with defective driver support of deactivated functions, as still seen rather frequently with VIA chipsets.