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Technology Stocks : Rambus (RMBS) - Eagle or Penguin
RMBS 91.18-4.3%Nov 17 3:59 PM EST

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To: C_Johnson who wrote (25851)7/29/1999 12:38:00 AM
From: Alan Bell  Read Replies (1) of 93625
 
As several other posters have responded, the granularity argument is a critical reason why RDram will become essential for low end systems. The following EEtimes article has two semiconductor companies expressing the importance for RDRam because of this reason.

techweb.com

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Like Fujitsu, Toshiba is also looking to put 512-Mbit DRAMs on its road map. That density is particularly well-suited for Direct Rambus DRAMs because it will provide the right minimum granularity requirements, Toshiba's Kuyama said.

'Too big'

"One CPU, a chip set and one Rambus DRAM can make up one system with 64 Mbytes of memory," he said. "But in the case of SDRAM, it's going to be 256 Mbytes minimum for a x16 size, and that's too big."


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