There was quite a lot happening at this year's event covering the changing thing which is the desktop PC. However, on other fronts there wasn't as much action. Intel had plenty to offer on their future roadmap, DDR2 and PCI Express were all the rage, and there were even hints of BTX. There were working samples DDR2 and PCI Express so we now know the future is not too far off. The new Intel chipsets codenamed Grantsdale-P/G and Alderwood were every where and so were a supporting cast of VIA's PT890 and SiS's 656. Even though Intel was making all the noise, AMD was not completely quiet as they are transitioning over to Socket 939 for their high-end CPUs ..