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Suprised that they also failed to mention the shitty PCI implementation and Crappy 4 in 1 drivers they Turn out. I've used a SiS chipset in my last two PC builds and they have to be the best boards since the BX I've had the pleasure to use.
VIA Technologies may lose its crown as Taiwan’s largest core logic chipset designer to Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) in the second half, if Advanced Micro Devices’ (AMD) market share continues to drop, the Market Intelligence Center (MIC) said.
Lacking the boost of new products, AMD has started losing market presence in the past few quarters. VIA, being the biggest AMD-based chipset supplier, began to see its market share falling accordingly in the second quarter.
According to MIC, VIA’s global market share in the second quarter reached marginally over 20%, with Pentium III and K7-platform chipsets being its primary products. SiS, boosted by its rising P4 chipset shipments and increasing chipset sales from the notebook sector, was estimated to enjoy a share of 20%, slightly lower than VIA’s.
VIA is in danger of losing its current market status to SiS, MIC noted, as VIA’s market share may plunge to 15% in the third quarter and even below 15% in the fourth, if AMD fails to expand its own market share.
Meanwhile, VIA and SiS will keep feeling the pressure from Intel in the second half. Industry sources said that the chip giant’s aggressive price cuts on its chipsets and Pentium 4 processors in August and September, respectively, as well as its recent endeavor in the low-end integrated chipset market would no doubt have a great impact on VIA and SiS.
For VIA, as Intel’s new Socket 478-based Celeron processors are set to hit the market in large scale in the third quarter, AMD products may be faced with fiercer competition. SiS, given its higher brand recognition in the low-end integrated chipset segment, is expected to compete directly with Intel’s line of integrated chipsets.
In the new P4 platform, Intel has not only tried to cultivate its high-end market as usual, but also devoted itself much to the low-end integrated chipset segment. Following its 845GL chipset, the company formally announced in its latest roadmap that it will launch an updated version, the 845GV, in the fourth quarter.
Lacking the boost of new products, AMD has started losing market presence in the past few quarters. VIA, being the biggest AMD-based chipset supplier, began to see its market share falling accordingly in the second quarter.
According to MIC, VIA’s global market share in the second quarter reached marginally over 20%, with Pentium III and K7-platform chipsets being its primary products. SiS, boosted by its rising P4 chipset shipments and increasing chipset sales from the notebook sector, was estimated to enjoy a share of 20%, slightly lower than VIA’s.
VIA is in danger of losing its current market status to SiS, MIC noted, as VIA’s market share may plunge to 15% in the third quarter and even below 15% in the fourth, if AMD fails to expand its own market share.
Meanwhile, VIA and SiS will keep feeling the pressure from Intel in the second half. Industry sources said that the chip giant’s aggressive price cuts on its chipsets and Pentium 4 processors in August and September, respectively, as well as its recent endeavor in the low-end integrated chipset market would no doubt have a great impact on VIA and SiS.
For VIA, as Intel’s new Socket 478-based Celeron processors are set to hit the market in large scale in the third quarter, AMD products may be faced with fiercer competition. SiS, given its higher brand recognition in the low-end integrated chipset segment, is expected to compete directly with Intel’s line of integrated chipsets.
In the new P4 platform, Intel has not only tried to cultivate its high-end market as usual, but also devoted itself much to the low-end integrated chipset segment. Following its 845GL chipset, the company formally announced in its latest roadmap that it will launch an updated version, the 845GV, in the fourth quarter.
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