1998 research cohort / GPU
ATI · model variant
L4 · reviewed discrepancyATI RAGE 128VR graphics chip is recorded in the 1998 GPU research cohort under ATI. The current display name and classification are normalization proposals.
ATI addresses lower-cost motherboard 3-D graphics
Intended users: OEM motherboard and value graphics systems
Engineering response: RAGE 128VR 64-bit motherboard graphics chip/package
ATI announces RAGE 128 family · lines 7-18
Source distinguishes VR as lower-cost 64-bit motherboard part.
Plans conflict with MPR and do not prove shipment; no independent benchmark retained.
Comparable benchmark evidence has not been established for this record. Missing results do not imply poor performance.
The year above is a research-cohort label. Announcement, production, shipment and retail availability are distinct events.
GL/VR distinction is supported, but forecast timing conflicts and does not establish actual shipment.
PC Watch / Impress · lines 7-18
RAGE 128VR is the lower-cost 64-bit motherboard chip; announcement, sampling, and September plan.
Keep the distinct VR chip record and preserve the conflicting September and October production forecasts; neither forecast proves shipment.
What would resolve it: Dated evidence establishing the actual production or commercial shipment event and resolving the September-versus-October statements.
Actual shipment, plan outcome, motherboard OEMs, region.
No duplicate: GL and VR are separately named RAGE 128 variants with different interface/package descriptions in the registered contemporary reporting.
Audit source · article lines 5-17
The report separately identifies RAGE 128GL and RAGE 128VR and describes distinct 128-bit and 64-bit configurations.
Follow-up: Retain variant-level rows; do not merge without an explicit family/variant policy decision.
Current rows are variants, not an independently evidenced family launch row; a parent-family relation may be useful but is not a new candidate in this audit.
Audit source · article lines 5-17
The source names both variants in one RAGE 128 family context while giving separate package/interface details.
Follow-up: Record a non-canonical parent relation during normalization; do not add a family candidate from this finding.
Planned October board availability cannot be promoted to confirmed chip shipment; the registered sources also conflict on September versus October volume production.
Audit source · page 2 lines 176-181
Microprocessor Report says OEM sampling began in August and volume production was planned for October; it does not establish shipment.
Follow-up: Preserve sampling, planned production, and shipment as separate event types; resolve the timing conflict before inclusion.
Several frozen rows rely on retrospective chronology or contemporary technical reporting without a confirmed first-commercial-shipment record; evidence is insufficient for automatic promotion.
Audit source · chronology lines 4-14
The evidence establishes launch/announcement wording but leaves exact shipment, channel, and regional scope unresolved across multiple rows.
Follow-up: Require human review and targeted primary or contemporary channel corroboration; do not normalize by inference.
These notes preserve the state at intake. Later verification is shown under Release evidence above; an original note saying verification had not occurred is not the current assessment.
PC Watch / Impress ·
Imported source reference; independent verification has not occurred.
Microprocessor Report ·
Imported source reference; independent verification has not occurred.
Chip identity, distinct from the RAGE 128GL by its 64-bit memory interface and intended motherboard use. Announcement is exact; planned production is not proof of first commercial shipment.