EISA loses favor with chip makers. (Extended Industry Standard Architecture)

EDN, August, 1989 by Huckaby, Joseph

EISA loses favor with chip makers Intel Corp's demonstration of its EISA bus-interface chip set is a major milestone for those developing personal computers and add-in boards that employ the 32-bit Extended Industry Standard Architecture. But it comes as PC chip-set powerhouses Headland Technology and Chips and Technologies cast strong doubts on the viability of the EISA movement.

As a result, those planning to introduce EISA-based machines or add-in boards later this year or early next have only one source for their most critical components. Intel's Folsom, CA-based Microcomputer Division says it has no plans to second-source its chip set, and the other expected supplier, Zymos (Sunnyvale, CA), won't have its chips ready until next year. EISA-based...

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