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To: The Duke of URL© who wrote (111823)9/29/2000 3:05:23 PM
From: Tenchusatsu   of 186894
 
Duke, <I never could understand why TIMNA, which was a low end processor would use rdram, anyway>

Keep in mind that major projects such as Timna are initiated years in advance. Several years ago, Intel probably thought that RDRAM would have become so ubiquitous that the cost would have been low enough for a low-end processor like Timna. RDRAM also helped save costs on the processor package, since the memory controller requires fewer pins than if Timna went with SDRAM.

As we all know, the cost savings in Timna was more than offset by the high cost of RDRAM and the difficulty of its implementation. But by the time Intel figured that out, the Timna project had already advanced quite far.

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