Via's mobile plans emerge

This will include AGP4x/8X, support both DDR 266 and 333 ECC, V-Link at 533Mb/s and it is likely to arrive in quarter four, according to documents seen by the INQUIRER.

But it doesn't end there. For the North Bridge we will see the P4N266, which includes integrated Savage 4 GFX, V-Link 266Mb/S, a LVDS transceiver, TMDS/TV-out pins, and again that will arrive in Q4.

The P4N333 will support DDR 266/333, have integrated Zootrope FX, V-Link at 533Mb/S, full dual view, integrated dual LVDS and TV-out encode, and TMDS pins. This will be out early next year.

On the AMD Athlon notebook side, in September we'll see the KN266 sample, which has a 200/266MHz front side bus, support PC133/DDR266, have integrated Savage 4 GFX, integrated dual LVDS, TFT, DSTN and TV-out support, V-Link 266Mb/S for launch in Q4. This is the Twister K DDR platform.

The KN333 will also support Athlons and Durons for the mobile market, DDR266 and DDR333, integrated Zootrope GFX and other similar features to the Pentium 4 notebook platform.

On the South Bridge side, in Q2 of next year, we'll see the VT8235, with six channels of AC97 audio, HSP V.90, six USB 2.0 ports, Via Mac with MIII interface, and advanced power management.

The Q4 graphics core chipsets, estimated, codenamed Zootrope, have dual pipe/two textures, a 166MHz core, support DDR-128 bit, be manufactured on a .15 micron process and include 3DWB over 100 - this technology will be include in the P4M33/P4N333, the KM333, the KN333, the K8M333 and the K8N333, as outlined above.

Technology codenamed Colombia will include quad pipe, two texture, a 300MHz core, DDR 128-bit, GDI+ and come on a .13 micron die. This is slated for some time next year.

Zootrope has T&L support, around 5M triangles lit and transformed, quad texture support, DX7 environment bump mapping support, per pixel lighting through DOT product three operation, full screen anti aliasing, and enhanced video display including DuoView+ and Median Filter.

It will be software compatible with Super Savage, and on .15 micron will be 1.3-1.5 volts.

So the Apollo 2002 graphics core, as Via will call it, is likely to be in full production by Q2 of next year. µ