According to sources, Nvidia recently informed clients that related technology problems have been solved and it will begin volume shipments early next month. First-tier motherboard makers such as Asustek Computer and Micro-Star International (MSI) said they expect to receive the chipsets on October 1 at the earliest.
Despite notification of chipset delivery, most board manufacturers are tending toward a more conservative attitude about their product launch timetable until they officially receive the chipsets and complete related specification tests.
Supporting the DDR400, AGP 8x, USB 2.0, IEEE 1394 and ATA-133 standards, the nForce2 has been promoted as a competitive, highly-integrated chipset solution. However, affected by the unsatisfactory standards test results, supporting motherboards have not been seen on the market much since the chipset roll-out.
Source: DigiTimes