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To: Paul Engel who wrote (80866)	11/24/1999 12:43:00 AM
From: Petz	Read Replies (1) of 1573908

Petz - Re: "the bigger problem with RDRAM right now is that no one is selling RDRAM bigger than 128M, which means that those Camino-chipset motherboards are limited to 256M of RAM" You responded with a press release from Kingston announcing immediate availability of 256K RIMM modules. I should have said that no one is selling RDRAM *at retail* bigger than 128M as per the following review of the Camino chipset: ixbt-labs.com At first i820 was supposed to support 3 RIMM-slots, however, in the very last moment Intel faced some grave stability problems and was forced to revise the chipset specification and to reduce the number of supported RIMM-slots to 2. And if we take into account that the today's largest RIMM modules, which are available in retail, are only of 128MB each, we can hardly expect anything positive: the maximum memory you can install in your i820 based mainboard will be only 256MB. However, some mainboard manufacturers may disregard Intel's specification and offer three-slot mainboards as well, it seems quite logic. As far as we know, problems with the third slot appear only in a limited number of cases, namely when the memory module installed in it has a different size than the other two. Later in the same review: According to the preliminary estimates, the price of a 128MB module may drop only down to $650-700 in the near future. I tried to find the price of Kingston's modules but none are listed on its web site. I tried to find power consumption specifications but none are listed and the spec sheets are stamped PRELIMINARY. I was also surprised to see that the 256M Kingston modules are populated with chips on both side of the PC board. I had heard that Intel ruled that was a no-no. I also see that Kingston has two different grades of RDRAM RIMM's, the less expensive is called "Value RAM." Apparently these did *not* receive certification from Intel. Petz

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