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To: Dan3 who wrote (73719)	10/2/1999 2:19:00 PM
From: grok	Read Replies (2) of 1572862

RE: <Re: I believe that there are RIMMs with 4, 8, 10, 12, or 16 Rdrams on them... Are combinations of these the permutations of RIMM configurations that Intel is working on validating? Dan> Dan, if you go here: developer.intel.com and do the math you'll see that Intel has validated RIMMs with 4, 6, 8, 12, and 16 Rdrams on them. You'll also notice that the validation is actually done by 3rd parties and the RIMM manufacterers are supposed to send 2 samples directly to the 3rd parties for testing. Actually it should say 3rd party since only Gigatest Labs is currently allowed to do this. If you look here: rambus.com (try not to gag on the disclaimer) you'll see that no functional testing is performed on the RIMM. The functional testing is all done on individual Rdrams when they are validated. RIMMs are not validated in sytems or in any kind of combinations with each other. So the entire process can just plug along until Dell ends up with systems that don't work. Nowhere in the process is anyone guaranteeing or validating or testing that these things actually work in a system environment in any kind of combination right up until it actually goes into the real system.

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