L4 · retain for review
RAGE 128GL
Keep the distinct GL chip record and preserve the conflicting September and October production forecasts; neither forecast proves shipment.
Discrepancies and open questions
Unknown dates, disputed identities and incomplete evidence remain visible. A missing review is not a clean bill of health.
Understanding review levels
- L0
- No material discrepancy identified.
- L1
- Precision or channel detail is missing.
- L2
- Shipment or availability is unknown or forecast-only.
- L3
- Identity, granularity or cohort boundary remains open.
- L4
- Sources or interpretations materially conflict.
OL marks a deferred omission lead, not a reviewed product.
L4 · retain for review
RAGE 128VR
Keep the distinct VR chip record and preserve the conflicting September and October production forecasts; neither forecast proves shipment.
L3 · retain for review
Intel Pentium II Xeon processor 450 MHz
Keep the record because its documented specifications and design contribute to the database while announcement versus shipment remains open.
L3 · retain for review
MGA-G200
Keep the chip announcement record; concrete products and release dates were undisclosed.
L3 · retain for review
Pentium II OverDrive processor 300 MHz
Keep this frozen output key and its open question; do not merge or reinterpret it from the current evidence.
L3 · retain for review
Pentium II OverDrive processor 333 MHz
Keep this frozen output key and its open question; do not merge or reinterpret it from the current evidence.
L2 · retain for review
Intel740 3-D Graphics Accelerator Chip
Keep the chip record; February volume production is stated while exact commercial shipment remains unconfirmed.
L2 · retain for review
Quantum Fireball EL family
Keep the Fireball EL as a valid record; commercial existence and May 1998 mass production are supported, while exact commercial release remains unknown.
L2 · retain for review
Voodoo Banshee
Keep the chip record; the announcement is supported while Banshee-board availability was forecast rather than confirmed.
Connected example · unknown
Which packages are on a particular production revision?
What exact NAND/DRAM package count, part markings and board positions apply to a particular 500GB production revision?
Audit follow-up
63 audit findings have an open or follow-up disposition. They are not equivalent to 63 disputed products. Candidate-specific findings appear in dossiers.
Deferred omission leads
Official Intel chronology and a January press release identify a Pentium II 333 MHz introduction on 1998-01-26; it is absent from the ten records.
Lead evidence · lines 6-7Official Intel chronology lists a Pentium Processor 266 MHz introduction on 1998-01-12; it is absent from the ten records.
Lead evidence · lines 1024-1029Intel's April 2 press release identifies the first mobile Pentium II processors at 233 and 266 MHz; neither is in the ten records.
Lead evidence · lines 6-7Intel's June 8 press release introduces the Celeron 300 MHz; the sample contains 266, 300A, and 333 but omits plain 300 MHz.
Lead evidence · lines 6 and 9Official Intel chronology lists a mobile Pentium II 300 MHz introduction on 1998-09-09; it is absent from the sample.
Lead evidence · lines 987-991Intel's October 6 press release introduces a Pentium II Xeon 450 MHz version; the sample stops at Xeon 400 MHz.
Lead evidence · lines 6 and 9Intel's August 10 release introduces the Pentium II OverDrive processor with 300 and 333 MHz upgrade outputs; it is absent from the sample.
Lead evidence · lines 6-7 and 16AMD's Q4 filing states that 366 MHz and 380 MHz AMD-K6-2 versions were introduced and shipped in volume during Q4 1998; the sample includes only 400 MHz.
Lead evidence · lines 27-32 and 62-69AMD's Q3 filed release states that a 300 MHz AMD-K6 processor was introduced for mobile applications during Q3 1998; it is absent from the sample.
Lead evidence · lines 104-106No additional product-specific omission lead is created from the frozen evidence. The remaining omission risk is AMD speed-grade completeness because the available AMD family source does not enumerate every 1998 variant; inventing a key would violate the audit boundary.
Lead evidence · lines 52-69Savage3D is a bounded 1998 omission lead with first-party manufacturing/shipping wording and should be researched as a chip/family candidate, not silently added.
Lead evidence · press release dated 1998-08-17Voodoo2 is an omitted chip/card family lead, while Canopus PURE3D II is a separate board-product lead; identity granularity must remain split.
Lead evidence · article dated 1998-02-17RIVA TNT board products are omitted even though contemporary reporting names vendors and identifies STB Velocity 4400 as already shipped in the US.
Lead evidence · article dated 1998-09-01MGA-G200 board products are a separate omission lead from the frozen chip row; card production/merchant-market wording requires independent board identity review.
Lead evidence · MPR 1998-07-13 availability discussionThe registered ATI report names multiple RAGE 128 board products absent from the frozen chip-only set; their October wording must not be inherited as confirmed shipment.
Lead evidence · article lines 18-21Mobile RAGE Mobility-M and -P are explicit mobile omission leads but the contemporary report says sampling in 1998 and volume production scheduled for Q1 1999, so strict 1998 shipment qualification is unresolved.
Lead evidence · article dated 1998-11-02Professional/workstation GPU candidates are an omission-search lead set; the frozen cohort does not establish their 1998 launch or first-shipment events.
Lead evidence · 1998 contemporary accelerator-market contextMaxtor DiamondMax 2880 is an omission lead: a February 24 1998 announcement described a new 3.5-inch UltraDMA/33 family with mass-production shipment planned from March. It is not added as a candidate here.
Lead evidence · dated February 27 1998 reportSeagate Barracuda 18LP family is an omission lead: the October 1998 announcement included Barracuda 18LP products and stated November 1998 mass shipment for the series except the 50 GB configuration. It is not added as a candidate here.
Lead evidence · dated October 27 1998 HDD product reportSeagate Cheetah 18LP is a boundary-control lead rather than evidence of 1998 commercial inclusion: it was announced in October 1998 but the cited report gives February 1999 mass shipment.
Lead evidence · dated October 27 1998 HDD product reportWestern Digital WD Expert is a provisional omission lead: a December 1998 contemporary report calls it a new 7200 RPM drive; the available evidence does not establish a primary-source launch date or first commercial shipment.
Lead evidence · published December 11 1998IBM Microdrive is a provisional omission lead with an event ambiguity: IBM's 1998 annual report says Microdrive debuted in September; the pilot has no evidence for 1998 commercial shipment. A debut or presentation must not be converted into a shipment fact.
Lead evidence · 1998 annual report technology discussion