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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (29040)9/9/1999 8:52:00 AM
From: Dan3  Respond to of 93625
 
Re: The controller itself will have to be slightly more flexible....

Tate said different chipsets for each rambus type in the quote. Doesn't mean a chipset couldn't be made that would accept several types.

Dan



To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (29040)9/9/1999 9:19:00 AM
From: grok  Respond to of 93625
 
RE: <I suspect that initially, Rambus told the memory controller designers to be flexible enough to go up in banks, but not down. Tenchusatsu>

Yes, so you can't mix new Rdrams with old controllers.