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Five years ago: Intel set to unify Pentium chipsets early next year
Intel is likely to release early next year a Pentium chipset combining the best of today's HX and VX sets, according to sources
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Called the 430TX, the chipset will offer support for all of today's most popular system memory technologies including Extended Data Out (EDO) RAM, Synchronous DRAM (SDRAM), and Error-correcting and Checking (ECC) RAM; 33Mb/sec I/O; multiprocessor support; improved power management; and unspecified faster graphics handling.
The 430HX and 430VX chipsets have created divided loyalties between PC vendors attracted by the discreet feature sets each offers.