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To: Bilow who wrote (30692)	9/26/1999 4:37:00 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) of 93625

Carl, if we designed everything to allow a lot of margin for error, we'd be getting nowhere fast. In my opinion, a lot of technologies introduced today leave little room for error in a fundamental sense. We're manufacturing silicon in ever smaller and smaller feature sizes, from 0.25 micron to 0.18 micron to 0.13 micron in the future. At that scale, you can practically count the number of atoms going across a trace. We've got microprocessors that are becoming so complicated, validation is quickly turning into a gargantuan beast. And no doubt the new I/O interfaces like PCI-X, the merged NGIO and FIO specs, and AGP-4x are going to give the analog signal experts some real headaches. Combine all this added complexity with a market that demands shorter development cycles, and you'll be lucky to leave any margin for error. As for your pet peeve over the "know-it-alls" who supposedly tried to drown out the Rambus skeptics, just remember that there are "know-it-alls" on both sides of any argument. And I've certainly seen quite a few trying to drown out the Rambus advocates. Tenchusatsu

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