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To: Tony Viola who wrote (93914)12/13/1999 3:31:00 PM
From: Jeff Fox  Read Replies (1) of 186894
 
Tony, re:"transmission line characteristics of the much higher frequency than "normal"

Yeah, but notice that nothing in your list has systemic problems. I suspect that most of these issues are a result of mobo manufacturing material selection and line quality control issues. i.e. all normal "learning curve" problems. These are very solvable problems as folks get there recipes dialed in. I'll bet this will be all ancient history in as little as one more process generation (i.e. 18 months!).

Meanwhile the great RD ram advantage of low pin count will stick forever. Why is this critical? How about the one chip PC where every pin is critical? Thinks about workstations with FOUR separate RD ram channels. Try either of these with SDRAM of equivalent speed and compare cost in a 2002+ environment. I think you'll see that RD ram will cross over and become the lowest cost solution for any system of reasonable performance.

I little digression - long ago in 1992 Intel introduced the 50 MHz bus. Many said that just couldn't be done - no margins at all! Intel appeased the mobo makers by going with DX2 that stuck with the 33MHz bus. 50MHz was considered "the wall".

So how many 33MHz systems are sold today? The moral of the story is that these type tasks are old hat for Intel...

Jeff

P.S. Look for 800MHz RD ram channels within the next two years.
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