jim re: <<We don't need no damn chipsets!>> LOL. Put on a mariachi hat and repeat!
Interesting slop on the Register rag:
AMD loose cannon in Via-Intel deal
By: Mike Magee
Posted: 08/07/2000 at 12:51 GMT
theregister.co.uk
<<.....We understand that DDR chipsets will be shown at the Platform conference in San Jose in just over a week's time. We know from sight of Intel roadmaps that DDR (particularly ServerWorks-Reliance technology) is fundamental to its server strategy next year. Micron has Samurai DDR chipsets under its wing, and has had since February this year.
Indeed, if you take a glance at AMD Zone, you will see Micron has changed its mind about Samurai and will start releasing chipsets in volume for both Intel and AMD processors, possibly towards the end of this year.
If, and it is a big if, Rambus finally persuades Via to intro mobos based on its RDRAM technology, that would certainly bring down the prices of RIMMs with a bump, wouldn't it? Then we could all settle back, utter a collective sigh of relief, and consign the DDR technology to the server world, where the techies think it's just fine.
After all, AMD has already a licence with Rambus, hasn't it? Intel would be happy it had fulfilled its obligations to Rambus, and we could look forward to a future where we didn't have to write about JEDEC, Ramboost, plucky little Via or even the seven Dramurai. Whew... ®>>
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