Hi h0db; Re: "I've never heard Intel nor Rambus talk about RDRAM as server memory."
How soon we forget. RDRAM was sold by Rambus to Intel as a solution for all of Intel's DRAM memory needs, from value (i.e. Timna) to servers (i.e. Carmel).
The idea was that since RDRAM was going to be the next mainstream memory, it would be the cheapest memory avaialable, and would naturally fill all market niches other than very very specialized niches. Since RDRAM has such high bandwidth per chip, it would be perfect for the graphics niche. Since the interface used so few pins, it would be perfect for value and servers.
Servers need cheap, stable, memory, and are not a specialized DRAM niche. Because of the high memory chip count, servers don't need high bandwidth per chip. Consequently servers tend to be designed with older memory chips. But if RDRAM had become the mainstream memory, servers would be using RDRAM. That they're not at least being planned is an indication that Rambus lost.
Here's some links to remind you of this stuff, which is probably from before your time:
Intel abandons server Rambus efforts
Mike Magee, TheRegister, April 9, 1999
Reliable sources have told The Register that Intel's efforts to implement Rambus technology in its Carmel chipset for standard high volume servers have come to nothing. ...
theregister.co.uk
Also see:
rambus.com
rambus.com
rambus.com
rambusite.com
-- Carl
P.S. I see dumbmoney has adequately addressed this statement. |
