i848P Sales Lukewarm at Best

"Sales of motherboards using Intel’s 848P chipset have faced a lukewarm market response under anticipation of pricing pressure from Taiwanese IC designers, according to sources at Taiwanese motherboard makers.

The 848P, supporting the latest 800MHz FSB (front-side bus) Intel CPUs, is Intel’s first chipset targeting the low-priced single-channel DDR market, but Taiwan-based VIA Technologies and Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) will soon start volume shipments of cheaper chipsets with similar features."

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