Press Release: SiS Launches SiS650 - The Pentium® 4 Chipset with Integrated VGA
Posted By Kathy Smith
Date: September 24, 2001
Making inroads into the Pentium®4 chipset market, SiS
breaks new ground with the dynamic demonstration of the SiS650 chipset,
integrating high-performance Real 256 bit 2D/3D graphics engine
September 24th, Taipei, Taiwan --Silicon
Integrated Systems Corp. (SiS) – a leading core logics and graphics supplier,
today launched the integrated chipset SiS650, which supports Pentium®4. In
addition to having all the powerful functions of the SiS645 open architecture
chipset, SiS650 integrates high-performance Real 256 bit 2D/3D graphics chip
SiS315, which has already received widespread market recognition. Slated to
offer the best price/performance solution, the SiS650 is expected to ship in
October.
“SiS is armed with an excellent advantage for the new Pentium®4 chipset
challenge,” said Alex Wu, director of Integrated Products Division at SiS.
“Backed by years of experience in the research and development of integrated
products, SiS has been able to bring the integrated product SiS650 to consumers
in less than a month after the launching of its open architecture chipset,
SiS645. By providing a comprehensive product mix, and fast and effective supply
capability, SiS will help customers capture markets and create profits.”
The specifications of SiS650 are the same as that for SiS645, which was released
by SiS a month ago. Not only does it support DDR333/DDR266/PC133 memory and
provides a memory capacity of up to 3GB, it also supports the new-generation P4
400MHz FSB chipset, and connects with Southbridge SiS961 using SiS proprietary
MuTIOL® technology, enabling the delivery of 533MB/s bandwidth. Most
importantly, SiS650 integrates SiS315 graphics core, providing built-in Real 256
bit 3D graphics engine, and up to 2GB/s Ultra-AGPIITM bandwidth, which is
equivalent to AGP8X. When used with the SiS301B video bridge, it can be hooked
up to a second CRT screen, DVI LCD screen or NTSC/PAL TV to provide an even
greater variety of applications for users and manufacturers. Also, it provides
an AGP4X/2X graphics card slot, giving users more flexibility of choice and
system scalability. The Southbridge SiS961, which comes with the SiS650, is also
equipped with powerful multimedia functions, including 5.1 Channel AC’97 2.2
audio, 10/100MB Ethernet, V.90 Software Modem, HomePNA2.0, ATA100/66/33 IDE, six
PCI slots and six USB ports.
The SiS650 is targeting at US$800 ~ 1200 PC market. It will be produced in SiS'
own fab and slated to start volume shipment from October. It is priced at US$39
for 10,000 order.
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Contact
Michele Huang 黃瑾珊 (big 5)
Website Marketing Engineer
michele@sis.com.tw
886-2-29161619 ext.345
Silicon Integrated System Corp.
Taipei Office
www.sis.com
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