"The VIA Apollo P4X266E builds upon the proven performance and features of the ground breaking VIA Apollo P4X266 and P4X266A chipsets," commented Richard Brown, Director of Marketing for VIA Technologies, Inc. "Based on the revolutionary VIA Modular Architecture Platform, it provides motherboard makers a fast and easy way of upgrading existing motherboard designs to accommodate the highest speed Intel® Pentium® 4 processors."

About the VIA Apollo P4X266E Chipset
The VIA Apollo P4X266E is an evolutionary design that improves on the current VIA Apollo P4X266A chipset, and sports the world's fastest DDR memory controller courtesy of Performance Driven Design. With a choice of 400MHz and 533MHz Front Side Bus settings, the VIA Apollo P4X266E supports a full range of Intel® Pentium® 4 processors up to and beyond 2.53GHz, as well as the new 478-pin Intel Celeron® processor.

As part of the VIA Modular Architecture Platform (V-MAP), the VIA Apollo P4X266E is fully compatible with existing mainboards based on the VIA Apollo P4X266 and P4X266A chipsets, ensuring seamless transitions to new higher performance product designs. The VIA Apollo P4X266E is also capable of interfacing with four unique pin-compatible South Bridges, including the new VIA VT8235 with integrated USB 2.0 support, as well as the VIA VT8233A with Ultra ATA/133 support. This allows mainboard manufacturers, System Integrators, and OEMs to target vastly different markets with a single unified motherboard design.

VIA Apollo P4X266E Pricing and Availability
The VIA Apollo P4X266E chipset is manufactured at TSMC in a .22 micron process; pricing information is available upon request. A photo and product backgrounder is available upon request. Please contact VIA Technologies, Inc. for more information or visit the website at: www.via.com.tw/en/apollo/p4x266e.jsp