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To: unclewest who wrote (23735)	6/26/1999 6:38:00 AM
From: unclewest	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93625

this is a pretty good non-tech explanation of rambus that i found on zdnet. "the ideal for portables" seems funny now, because last year we had tons of fud saying rambus used too much power and produced too much heat to ever get into portables. now rambus seems to be the ideal solution to those two same problems. How It Works: DRDRAM Got a 550MHz CPU? It doesn't mean much if your system RAM is causing a bottleneck. The next generation of PCs (debuting later this year) will feature direct RAMbus dynamic RAM (DRDRAM), which means RAM performance should triple--at least. Low Power DRDRAM runs at voltages as low as 1.8 volts (compared with 3.3 volts for SDRAM), drawing less power and making it ideal for use in portables. Wide Load DRDRAM's data path is two bytes wide instead of just one, allowing a maximum throughput of a whopping 1.6GBps. Clock Boost DRDRAM will feature a clock speed of up to 800MHz. Plain old SDRAM currently runs at 100MHz. Multiple Channels A DRDRAM controller can support more than one channel (each bank of RAM is a separate channel). Run four channels and you've got a 6.4GBps memory subsystem.

To: unclewest who wrote (23735)	6/26/1999 8:09:00 AM
From: Dutch	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93625

Spread-spectrum techniques add a "wobble" to a clock's regular pulse, altering the frequency by 1.25 to 3.75 percent, in the case of Premis. This spreads the clock's EMI emissions across a wider frequency and lowers its EMI peak substantially. Would this be the same type of spread spectrum technology that is used in digital telephones. Sony and others spend a fortune touting spread spectrum phones. If it is the alliance is already there for future phone technologies. Thx. Dutch