Intel to launch delayed 820 chip set
- — 08 November, 1999 21:49
Intel will launch its long-awaited 820 chip set on Nov 15, the opening day of the Comdex trade show held in Las Vegas, a spokeswoman at Intel's UK office confirmed today.
Among the new features in the 820 chip set are support for Rambus Inc's speedy memory interface technology, a faster 133MHz system bus and 4x AGP (accelerated graphics port). Chip sets are key components found on PC motherboards, the printed circuit boards that define a system's functions.
The faster system bus speed will allow PC vendors to launch new models with the recently introduced 733MHz Pentium III processor, Intel's fastest processor to date.
Intel in late September -- only days before the original launch date -- was forced to delay the introduction of the 820 chip set when a Rambus-related glitch was found. The last minute delay caused grousing among PC vendors who had to put their system plans on ice.
Pricing information was not available.
