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To: Bill Jackson who wrote (72350)	9/19/1999 4:59:00 PM
From: Elmer	Read Replies (1) of 1572957

Re: "Elmer, In theory rambus does work and the prototypes worked and there was a need for faster memory to merely keep up with the CPU speeds...so Intel took a calculated risk that it would all mesh when the time came. " Calculated risk? I don't think so, unless you consider a fallback to BX/100MHz FSB an acceptable safety plan. It only makes sense when you understand that Intel did not fully anticipate the performance boost Athlon would offer. If they did, they would have seen the need for 133MHz SDRAM as a backup plan. The MTH approach doesn't cut it. I don't buy the theory of executives holding Rambus options as the reason for "damn the torpedos, full speed ahead with rambus". I just think Intel was caught napping by Athlon and didn't see how it would affect the big picture, including the need for memory bandwidth, therefore the need for a viable backup plan for a high risk architecture like Rambus. May we live in interesting times. EP

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