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Technology Stocks : Rambus (RMBS) - Eagle or Penguin
RMBS 94.17-1.2%3:59 PM EST
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To: Jdaasoc who wrote (73983)5/31/2001 7:03:33 PM
From: Bilow  Read Replies (1) of 93625
 
Hi Jdaasoc; Re: "I seem to remember that AMP was qualified for special RIMM connectors for repeater usage over a year ago."

One of the rules of engineering is to avoid niche market products when a mainstream product (i.e. SDRAM, and soon to be mainstream DDR SDRAM) is available as a replacement. The problem with stuff like the above is that it is worse than a niche product. It's a niche of a niche. Far better is to simply go with the mainstream design techniques.

Rambus thought that they had solved the niche market problem (i.e. the fact that designers won't use a product unless they conclude that other designers are going to be using it too) by hooking up with Intel. But Intel failed to get anyone to follow them into the Rambus morass. The fact that no one followed Intel's lead was clear a year ago, now it's glaringly obvious.

It would be better if Sony had used RIMMs, or if Intel had been joined by anyone else developing an RDRAM compatible chipset for their CPUs, or even for the AMD variety. But two years have gone by, and no new chipset design wins. None. None at all. Say goodbye to RIMMs, and after that, say goodbye to RDRAM, these are forever stuck in niche status.

-- Carl
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