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RMBS 113.65-0.2%Feb 2 3:59 PM EST
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To: spliff who wrote (34888)11/19/1999 5:04:00 PM
From: Tenchusatsu  Read Replies (1) of 93625
 
<INTC to have ddr on the desktop? when? anyone know?>

Short answer: Probably not for quite a while.

As for the article itself ( ebnonline.com ), I think there are a lot of minor inaccuracies with their details on Intel's upcoming chipsets. Here's a quote, however, that directly relates to my work:

An Intel 870 server chipset that is in development as a DDR SDRAM-based successor to the Profusion chipset for high-end four- and eight-processor systems. According to sources, the 870 may also be the chipset that supports the upcoming 64-bit Itanium (formerly Merced) processor and DDR SDRAM.

Intel last week confirmed that the Itanium has always been slated to support SDRAM, dismissing published reports that it had only recently switched to an SDRAM interface after dropping Direct Rambus DRAM from its 64-bit processor roadmap.

The second paragraph is right on target. In fact, I already mentioned on these forums that 460GX (first Itanium chipset) has always been an SDRAM chipset, never RDRAM.

The first one, well, the only thing I'll confirm is the project name. Yes, there will be an 870 server chipset. It is being developed by the same group that developed the 460GX. That is all for now.

Tenchusatsu
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