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To: Skeeter Bug who wrote (24385)	7/9/1999 12:27:00 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93625

<will timna ONLY support rdram? or, rather, will it also support other memory types? i bet it supports other types of dram, too. if it doesn't, i bet intel has another low end chip that does. why? rmbs might not go and intel knows it.> Timna features an integrated DRDRAM controller right on the processor itself. In order to support SDRAM, systems using Timna will have to use the MTH component supplied by Intel, which allows anyone to connect an SDRAM DIMM onto an DRDRAM channel. It hurts performance slightly, but that's the "exit strategy" that Intel will use if necessary. Then again, that MTH is a general-purpose "exit strategy" component that isn't specific to Timna. So in a sense, Timna will only support DRDRAM. It will replace the Whitney chipset as Intel's premier low-cost solution. <has cpq lined up behind rdram with a series of boxes that will carry it?> Maybe you'd like to ask Compaq's Digital department why the Alpha 21364 will have four integrated DRDRAM controllers on the processor die. That's one company that has committed big R&D dollars to support DRDRAM. <pii is a sub $1k chip. pii and celeron bury the sales of piii. oh, that proves my point again.> Well, as long as you think so ... Tenchusatsu