EE-Times news for the Ides of March...
Here's a great example of a place where rambus chips are a natural. The Sony playstation has a limited amount of memory, but needs a very high bandwidth. Who you gonna call? Rambus! Note the mention of "systems-on-chip":
Sony puts $1 billion into Playstation ICs
"Thus far, process evolution has been driven by memories," he said, "but Playstation 2 will be the start of a change, and it will be driven by systems-on-chip."
techweb.com
The next evolution will put the DRAM on the chip, and that will eliminate rambus from this product. This evolution has already happened in graphics chips.
Meanwhile, Intel continues to screw itself up with rambus. What a disaster:
Intel cuts broad path
The transition, however, will be slower than Intel and Rambus Inc. had hoped. Low yields on the 800-MHz memories spawned plans for a 600-MHz speed bin, which compromises performance significantly. Because initial production volume will be low, prices will be high. And Intel's first chip set to support Direct RDRAM is rumored to be delayed until September
techweb.com
-- Carl |
