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Oct. 29, 1999 (Electronic Engineering Times - CMP via COMTEX) -- SAN
JOSE, CALIF. - Workstations using Direct Rambus memory were announced
last week at the rollout of Intel Corp.'s 0.18-micron Coppermine
microprocessors. While other segments of the computer market will have
to wait to employ Rambus, assuming the twice-delayed 820 chip set is
introduced on schedule, Hewlett-Packard and Compaq's long-awaited
introductions, and Dell's announced plans to make Rambus-based systems
were made possible by the rollout of the 840 chip set.
The 840 offers dual RDRAM memory channels with up to 2 Gbytes of
memory support. Workstations using Rambus should ship next month, an
Intel spokesman said.
Although Rambus-based desktop systems could conceivably use the 840,
which is priced at $60, that approach is being discouraged by Intel,
said Patrick Gelsinger, vice president and general manager of the
Desktop Products Group at Intel (Santa Clara, Calif.). The 840 is
tailored for the greater memory requirements of workstations, while the
820, due out sometime this quarter, is better suited for desktops, he
said. |
