NVIDIA Revamps Core-Logic Roadmap

According to X-bit labs, mass production of NVIDIA’s MCP-S/MCP-S-RAID southbridges and nForce3 250/250Gb chipsets will begin in February next year:

The NVIDIA’s highly anticipated MCP with Serial ATA-150 support will be mass produced starting from early February and is likely to reach the market in the Q1 2004. There will be two versions of the chip: Gigabit MCP-S and MCP-S-RAID, according to current expectations. The latter will allow stripe and mirror, while the former will provide Gigabit Ethernet. The MCP-T will not be phased out and will continue to server mainstream segment.

The next big things for the Athlon 64 in 754-pin packaging – the nForce3 250 and nForce3 250Gb – will be produced in business quantities starting from late January. There will also be CK8S2 version of the nForce3 250Gb with 4 Serial ATA ports for 939-pin AMD64 microprocessors, however, it will come later, as the mass production is slated to start in mid February. The timeframe is adjusted to meet customer demand for the chipset, as first 939-pin AMD central processing units are projected to hit the ground in March 2004.