Analyst says Intersil causing delays for Intel Montevina notebook chipsets

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Glitches at chip supplier Intersil Corp. are causing delays in the rollout of Intel Corp.’s Montevina notebook chipsets, Jefferies & Co. analyst John Lau warned Tuesday. If these glitches are true that means that the Intel Santa Rosa notebook platform will be around for a couple extra months. No complaints here as we just reviewed the Hypersonic Avenger AG2 Santa Rosa based laptop today!

Lau said in a note to investors that Intersil is facing minor bugs in the graphics portion of its Montevina notebook chipsets, which could slow the rollout of the Montevina products by about two months. Any delay would prolong the life of Intel’s existing Santa Rosa notebook platform, he said, which would help Santa Rosa chip supplier Anadigics Inc.

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