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To: grok who wrote (83653)	6/17/1999 2:42:00 AM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

<If i810e supports Pentium III then doesn't it also support Coppermine?" If this proves true then the really big story will be: "Intel insists that the world switch to Rambus on the desktop for Coppermine in September but this i810e loophole allows OEMs to use sdram instead and MOST OF THEM CHOOSE TO DO SO!!!!> i810e loophole? Did you forget that the i810e has a graphics core that is the equivalent of Voodoo2, which is adequate in performance but not exactly top notch? I feel the decision to allow for Pentium III support in an i810e chipset is a marketing one, since I sure wouldn't want to pair up a top-notch processor with a not-so-top-notch graphics controller. If OEMs want to continue to use SDRAMs, the 440BX chipset will still be available for a long time even after Camino's release. This is no secret; it's been known for quite a while. There's also talk of Camino supporting both DRDRAM and SDRAM with the use of a component called an MTH (Memory Translator Hub). In any case, all three chipsets serve different needs. It's confusing, even to me, but in no way does it mean Intel is wavering in its support of DRDRAM. Tenchusatsu