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To: Charles R who wrote (61542)	6/11/1999 9:26:00 PM
From: grok	Respond to of 1572777

A very interesting but confusing article. Intel might have PC133 support for Coppermine, maybe. And they're suing Via just to make sure that no one else is more definitive than they are. RE: <While Intel has disclosed no plans to field its own PC133-compatible chipsets, “if it happens that PC133 becomes a preferred choice, Intel has lots of options for [creating] new memory bus lines in chipsets,” Barrett said in an interview with EBN.> I wonder how long Barrett is going to wait to determine if PC133 is the preferred choice? This may be the first blunder of the Barrett era.

To: Charles R who wrote (61542)	6/11/1999 10:05:00 PM
From: kapkan4u	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572777

A quote by Geoff Tate: the master of HYPErbola Kap. ebnews.com <“PC133 may or may not gain acceptance in mainstream PCs, but it's not a competitor to Rambus as far as we're concerned,” said Geoff Tate, Rambus' president and chief executive, speaking at an investment conference last week in San Francisco. “Even if it's 33% faster [than PC100 SDRAM], it's only a third as fast as Rambus.” >

To: Charles R who wrote (61542)	6/12/1999 5:26:00 PM
From: Petz	Respond to of 1572777

Chuck, At the same time, Intel is blocking a rival from marketing a chipset that would support the [PC133] memory interface Later, the article gives two reasons why Intel might be doing this: Industry observers speculated that Intel could have two motives for trying to bar Via from entering the PC133 market: Intel wants to make sure it gets there first, or it wants to derail potential competitors to Direct RDRAM. Sounds like the FTC might be interested in that one. ebnews.com Petz