SAN JOSE -- Taiwan's Acer Laboratories Inc. (ALi) here today unveiled the world's first double-data-rate (DDR) SDRAM chipset for notebook and desktop PCs based Intel Corp.'s Pentium III microprocessors.
The new chip set, dubbed the Aladdin Pro 5T, features a DDR SDRAM memory controller and a 100/133-MHz front-side bus. It also support 4X AGP and 6 PCI master slots.
"Aladdin Pro 5T is the industry's next-generation mobile and desktop chip set--fulfilling the market's appetite for a cost effective solution that is both high in performance and low in power consumption," said Chin Wu, president of Ali, based in Taipei.
Customer samples for Aladdin Pro 5T will be available in April, with volume production slated by the end of second quarter.
