Mai chipset highlighted in IBM PowerPc News

[eddit]

Mai Logic's Articia system controllers accelerate and expand deployment of IBM PowerPC 750 family solutions


IBM PowerPC News


Mai Logic's "Ready for IBM Technology"-certified Articia family system controllers and Teron series evaluation systems are developed to propel the IBM 750CXe, 750FX, and 750GX PowerPC® microprocessor family into the broader global marketplace for embedded industrial controls, military, multimedia, consumer electronic appliances, blade servers, thin client systems, storage, networking, and communication applications. With leading-edge CPU bus speed capabilities and enhanced AGP, PCI-X, SDRAM and DDR support, the combination of the Articia chipset and IBM PowerPC 750 series processors offers a most desirable solution to the performance-intensive applications marketplace.

[zacman]

"by Pam Han, Marketing Manager, Mai Logic, Inc."

Maybe the same category as this.

[zee4]

A bit off topic but, we finally get to see a "Teron PX evaluation system" and an AmiagOne board, i.e. From this page

Guess what- they do look a bit different; keeping in mind that the Teron PX has a seperate processor board and the A1-G3's is mounted,  some of the smaller parts seem to be moved around. It's certainly based on the Teron, but it's not the same board.

Is anyone really surprised?

Anyone want to dig up a good picture of the G3/G4 boards with removable CPUs- maybe that what "they" where talking about.

Zoltan

[eddit]

:-?  :-?

Sorry, I'm just a pleb who happens to get IBM's PowerPC Newsletter.

[Golem!dk]

A bit off topic but, we finally get to see a "Teron PX evaluation system" and an AmiagOne board, i.e. From this page

Guess what- they do look a bit different; keeping in mind that the Teron PX has a seperate processor board and the A1-G3's is mounted, some of the smaller parts seem to be moved around. It's certainly based on the Teron, but it's not the same board.

Is anyone really surprised?

I'm surprised why you are comparing the the A1G3-SE with the Teron PX, when you should be comparing it with the Teron CX. Oh yes.. you could also try comparing the A1G3-XE with the Teron PX.

[takemehomegrandma]

I think it is interesting to look at the block diagram. The PCI Bus 1 is used for either 32 bit AGP *OR* 64 bit PCIX/PCI. Does this mean that the system designers get AGP in the same way as with the Marvell Discovery 2 after all?  :-o  :-P

[zee4]

Good point, it the
A1-G4XE

looks more like it, I couldn't find any of the A1G3-XE though.

Z

[JoannaK]

takemehomegrandma :

Well.. it's enough AGP to be usable wtih AGP cards. Who cares if it don't implement it fully? ... OTOH neither does most other implementations of AGP..  :-D

Personally.. I'm more interested about those Articia P engineesring samlples that should be available later this year. That chip could make some difference tofuture Aones.

[Floid]

The G3-XE should be the exact same thing with a different CPU board mounted.  (Remember, even Apple CPU cards are probably compatible with these things..)

So does this mean Alan can tell us who the partner in the "Far East" is?  FIC are certainly well-known; Topshine's page doesn't make it clear if they're a manufacturer or a reseller.  (If those *are* the guys, my pining for an affordable general-purpose DVI->"LVDS" board in the Western market is going to get a lot more insistent... ;-))

[Elwood]

I think this post shows clearly that the Articia bug never existed...  ;-)

[takemehomegrandma]

@ JoannaK

Well.. it's enough AGP to be usable wtih AGP cards.

... and that says it all! :-D

[takemehomegrandma]

I think this post shows clearly that the Articia bug never existed...

I think you are reading too much into this promo-post. And remember: Eyetech, Amiga Inc (and later Hyperion) was the first ones who spoke in public about the Articia bugs. You are not calling them liars, are you?

(Remember: http://www.mai.com/image/PPC_logo_notice.gif)

[HyperionMP]

Which was fixed in the new revision of the Articia S present in all Amiga XE boards.

[takemehomegrandma]

Which was fixed in the new revision of the Articia S present in all Amiga XE boards.

If you say so.

But the bug existed (the statement to which I responded to). Both Genesi and you knew about it. Genesi tried to solve the problems in silence behind the curtains in order to NOT cause any FUD against the Articia which might damage the public trust for the Pegasos, but your troika were the ones who made the Articia bugs publically known (which was totally unnecessary; noone needs to know about bugs that aren't there anymore, the only thing important is that the product works. Your *only purpose* with badmouthing the Articia in public the way you did was to spread the word "we have a bugfree Articia - the Pegasos has NOT" = to cause FUD against the Pegasos). Some people tend to forget what really happend. Your FUD against the Articia kicked back. Imagine ...

[Dikkelul]

I think that the most interesting part is : Teron PX is populated with the Articia S chipset. Follow-on Teron evaluation systems will be available soon after the Articia Sa, and Articia P chipsets become available in the second half of 2003.

So, unless Mai goes bust, there's life after AmigaONE XE.  :-)