Intel Corp is apparently testing out PC-133 synchronous DRAM memory modules, according to industry reports, despite its stated opposition to that technology. Intel has committed instead to ship Direct Rambus memory as an upgrade to its current PC-100 DRAMs. Last Friday, Intel filed suit against Via Technologies Inc, revoking a license enabling it to produce Intel-compliant chip sets to support PC-133. But Intel still has licensing agreements in place with S3 Inc, Standard Microsystems Inc, Silicon Integrated Systems Inc and Acer Labs Inc, which signed up only last week. Intel’s own Camino chipset, also called the 820, along with the 810e version for Celeron systems, will feature a 133MHz frontside bus, to which motherboard designers will be able to connect PC-133 DRAM if they wish.
