First KT333 Based Mainboard Announced!

by Anna Filatova
12/14/2001 | 02:13 AM

Sending out different press-releases, Lucky Star seems to have got too carried away by this process and by mistake sent us a press release about the new KTVA333 Socket A mainboard based on VIA KT333 chipset.
There are very few details in this announcements, and no mainboard photo is enclosed, that is why we will consider that Lucky Star is only planning this mainboard now, and the chipset samples aren’t available yet. Nevertheless, we can get some valuable info about the chipset specs from this announcement, which we will do our best to do now.
So, here is what we know about the KTVA333 mainboard. It is an ATX solution supporting DDR333 (PC2700) memory, ATA/133, integrated AC’97 sound, AGP 4x slot. The mass supplies are scheduled for March 2002. Judging by this info we dare suppose that VIA KT333 chipset will:

• Differ from KT266A by the support of faster PC2700 DDR SDRAM;
• Be provided with a new VIA VT8233A South Bridge supporting ATA/133;
• Get into mass production in February-March 2002.