wbmw,
in 2001, and probably throughout 2002, the comment is still completely valid. Surely Intel didn't intend to mean that RDRAM will always be the fastest solution, indefinitely into the future. With notable exceptions such as Moore's Law, most of what Intel says applies to the present or immediate future, since any long range predictions will almost certainly be disproved in this industry. After all, in 2003 Intel will launching dual channel DDR chipsets, but they will no longer be continuing with chipsets based on RDRAM. I doubt that they will continue to push RDRAM as the superior solution at that point.
DDR memory will be the same in 2003 as it was in 2001. PC-2001 was launched in late 2000, and was available throughout 2001, 2002, and it has always been superior, with higher bandwidth and lower latency, lower cost, higher yield than Rambus.
Why do you keep coming up with these apologies? THe whole Rambus chapter was a disgrace, which now even the biggest Intel bulls concede, not to mention Intel management.
Joe |
