SI
SI
discoversearch

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor.  We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community.  If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.
Politics : Ask Michael Burke
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  
To: Steve Lee who wrote (77144)3/7/2000 6:07:00 PM
From: gnuman  Read Replies (3) of 132070
 
Steve, re: <Give me a break! Of the world's 7 major DRAM producers, 5 are in full production, Micron will be within a few weeks and Hitachi are in a legal dispute with Rambus. With all that production, you still have to pay a fortune to get your hands on the stuff because demand is so high.>

According to rambus:
Rambus said that two big memory chip manufacturers, Korea's Hyundai Corp. and Siemens AG spinoff Infineon Technologies (NYSE:IFO - news), soon to be floated on the U.S. market, will begin volume production of its chips after completing component and system level validation tests.

Rambus said these companies will join Samsung Electronics Co Ltd , NEC Corp. and Toshiba Corp. , who are all beginning volume production of Rambus memory products. Rambus said these five manufacturers are expected to deliver more than ten million RDRAM (Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory) devices by the end of this quarter.

What is your definition of "full production"?

I've seen estimates the PC industry consumes 500 million DRAM's per quarter. If we ignore all DRAM's other than in DIMM's/SIMM's there are at least 360 million DRAM's per quarter. According to my calculations that gives Rambus less than 3% of units in the PC market for this quarter.

I think Earlie is right on when he states that Rambus will find it's place in the high end PC's W/S's.

I am interested in the Sony PlayStation 2. We know it uses 64MB of RDRAM. Do you have any knowledge of the price of these devices and/or the fee's Rambus collects for them? How many consoles does Sony expect to ship this year?

TIA, Gene
Report TOU ViolationShare This Post
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  

HomeMailHotSubjectMarksPeopleMarksKeepersSettings
Terms Of UseContact UsCopyright/IP PolicyPrivacy PolicyAbout UsFAQAdvertise on SI
© 2025 Knight Sac Media.  Data provided by Twelve Data, Alpha Vantage, and CityFALCON News