According to the chipset companiesÂ’ present schedules, related solutions are expected to come out after the fourth quarter. Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) is set to introduce its Serial ATA-supporting south bridge chip SiS964 in the fourth quarter, and VIA Technologies plans to incorporate the function into its VT8235 south bridge chip later. As for Intel, the chip giant will not integrate the Serial ATA specification into its new ICH5 south bridge chip until the first half of 2003 at the earliest.