[NEWS] - ServerWorks to make chipset for Athlon64

[CougTek]

"I think the strategy here is to support all the industry-standard platforms," Thomas said. "AMD's CPU line has emerged as an extremely strong performer with the AMD64 line," he said, adding that customers have come to Broadcom asking it to support the architecture.

Analysts have suspected that Broadcom's ServerWorks had planned to support the Opteron earlier but that contractual agreements with Intel had prevented it from doing so.

Licensing agreements with Intel created "IP firewalls," William J. Ruehle, vice president and chief financial officer at Broadcom, said in a 2003 interview.

He said that while Broadcom was committed to protecting the IP rights of Intel, the company was exploring areas where those IP firewalls were not in effect.

ServerWorks' first-generation parts will cover products supporting one to four Opteron processors, Thomas said. ServerWorks will continue to sell its chipsets directly to OEMs, he said.

This can't be bad for AMD. First ServerWorks' chipset for AMD's Opteron is expected for this Fall, according to X-bit Labs.

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[Buck]

Fantastic. This just gives AMD more credibility for those that still have doubts.

 

[ddrueding]

Makes me happy. Gives my 2 options in the AMD serverboard maket (#1 is Tyan)