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To: Investartist who wrote (26941)	8/11/1999 11:00:00 PM
From: Dan3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93625

Here's a little more from a different source. What I don't get is that I can't find the results of any tests done with applications or standard benchmarks to give an idea of what benefit can be expected with this technology. Take a look at this link: necel.com It's for VC DRAM - Which is being supported by the chipsets designed for the Athlon. It costs 3% more to make than SDRAM, uses all of the same equipment (no new testers, etc. to buy) there are no royalties (it's an open standard), it uses less power and generates less heat than SDRAM. They have published the results of tests using standard benchmarks to justify the 3% cost increase. 34% better performance on the intel memtest, 21% on mmx, 3% on a business application mix (we know memory isn't a big factor on the last one) The 133MHZ version scores 71% higher on the intel memtest benchmark at what should be about a 15% cost premium. We know that the motherboard manufacturers rejected RDRAM 600 as not enough faster than existing memory to justify switching, but how slow was it? Everyone here keeps talking about how wonderful the performance will be, isn't there some benchmark somewhere that has been run that will give some hint of a benefit? I have looked (though not extensively) for benchmarks at Intel's and Rambus's sites. We're very close to a mass introduction of rambus, hasn't someone tested it to see how it will do? There must be links that I haven't seen, can someone point me to them? Dan