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To: Joe Donato who wrote (25327)	7/20/1999 12:27:00 PM
From: Ian Anderson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93625

Its physics! you can't argue with physics! If you put too fast a clock down a wire which is not a transmission line all the electricity spills out, and you get a radio transmitter not a computer! It simply isn't possible to make the old technology go much faster

To: Joe Donato who wrote (25327)	7/20/1999 12:40:00 PM
From: Ian Anderson	Respond to of 93625

You are quite right about the single chip being the right solution Intel's Timna chip is a step in that direction, only they decided they couldnt fit enough memory on the die this year, so it has... Rambus of course

To: Joe Donato who wrote (25327)	7/20/1999 12:41:00 PM
From: John Walliker	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 93625

Joe, Typical ivory tower position, and therefore the same position Intel has taken. Nevertheless, it is not pragmatic from an implementation standpoint. Have you actually worked at the hardware level with high speed digital signals and seen how extensively they are messed up by reflections from discontinuities? I have. Rambus have the pragmatic way of implementing things. Pragmatic because it will work comfortably now and will scale to MUCH higher speeds later without fundamental redesign. This is no ivory tower position (although I do have a physics degree and a postgraduate computer science diploma). I was involved with digital television development in 1974 (as a pre-university trainee at the BBC Research Department) and have practical experience up to the microwave region. I am long RMBS. John