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To: Ian@SI who started this subject	8/11/2000 9:14:28 AM
From: StockDon	Read Replies (1) of 93625

NEWSFLASH: Intel Pulls the Plug on Rambus Steven Fyffe and Enews Staff Aug 11, 2000 --- SDRAM edges RDRAM out of the mainstream PC market Intel Corp. has pulled the plug on plans to use Rambus direct memory in the mainstream PC market, according to confidential documents obtained by Electronic News. Intel's Desktop 2001 Roadmap Update indicates direct Rambus DRAM (RDRAM) will only be used in the high-end desk-top market. Until last month, Intel had promised that RDRAM would be the exclusive memory for the Pentium 4 (P4). Now an undefined SDRAM memory (probably PC133 or DDR) will be used in its place. "In the mainstream desk-top market, SDRAM is going to be the memory of choice," said Bert McComas, founder and principal analyst at InQuest Market Research. "They've completely backed away from Rambus being the (only) solution." Intel's campaign to push Rambus memory into the PC mainstream has been plagued with problems from the start. There were ongoing difficulties with Intel's Rambus chipset. Intel's own benchmarks showed RDRAM was slower than PC-133. And many memory makers were openly opposed to it. They said it was too expensive. All these factors may have led to Intel's decision to abandon the controversial technology at the mainstream level. Pentium 4s with a price-tag of less then $2,000 will be supported by three SDRAM chipsets in 2001 and 2002, according to the Intel documents. While RDRAM will only be used in performance PCs priced above $2,000 in 2001. The Intel documents also show the Brookdale chipset will be the cheapest platform for PC users and builders, using SDRAM memory along with the Pentium 4. It is due for release sometime in the third quarter of 2001. electronicnews.com

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