> Hmmm just a ping to the list... (having network problems here).
>
> Seems like the 3 biggest choices are:
> ARC 100/150 motherboards from NEC
> ACER chipset
> TIGERSHARK chipset
I'm not sure yet, but there might be a fourth choice. My friend
at SGI told me that Mips Technology is selling a complete design
for few $$$. I'm waiting for details...
> How do the people who would actually design the motherboard feel about
> buying a design (Arc) over a new design that we could distribute??
>
> Or is this a useless question till we get more info/prices on the ARC 100
> motherboard?
I any case I would prefer to start from a complete design and modify
only those parts not satisfying us (if any).
BTW: Yesterday I got some price estimations:
ACER PICA chipset: us$195 in qtys >= 1000
NEC ARC chipset : us$200 in qtys >= 10
Today I will call ACER Netherlands for more info. I've got also
a phone number of someone at Toshiba who should know more about
the Toshiba chip set.
I'll keep you informed (sorry, I was extremely busy this week).
Cheers,
Andy
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