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VIA's New Chipsets: PT880, PT894, PT894 Pro
Introduction
Currently, the PCI-Express and DDR-II transitions aren't going quite as expected. DDR-II memory is still expensive and has yet to show any tangible benefit over DDR-I. Additionally, it will be quite some time before DDR-II prices are low enough to compete with DDR-I. PCI-Express, like DDR-II, makes up a very small percentage of the market. While these cards are slowly becoming available, they are still priced relatively high and currently there is no real increase in performance over AGP. On the Intel side of things, the 915 and 925 chipsets are the only available options when pairing a Pentium 4 with PCI-Express and DDR-II. Currently, the price of motherboards utilizing these chipsets is way too high, with 915 boards averaging $150 and 925 boards averaging $200.  Today VIA is announcing their new PT series of chipsets to the masses. The chipsets that make up the PT series represent the first real alternatives to Intel's chipsets for the Pentium 4 platform and aim to ease the transition to PCI-Express and DDR-II. All of VIA's PT products are covered under a ten-year cross license agreement between VIA and Intel. As expected, the majority of motherboard manufacturers will be using the PT chipsets in upcoming boards. Some of these companies include Abit, Asus, Chaintech, Biostar, DFI, EPoX, Gigabyte, MSI and Soltek. The PT chipsets cover a wide range of PCI-Express, AGP and IGP solutions for the Intel platform. VIA's new PT chipsets include the PT880 Pro, the PT894 and the PT894 Pro. VIA has a four-tier solution with the PT chipsets: StepUp Technology, Performance, Audio and DriveStation.   
Page 1: Introduction
Page 2: VIA's Four-Tier Solution Page 3: The New Chipsets Page 4: Performance / Conclusion 
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