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To: Dave B who wrote (29649)	9/16/1999 12:14:00 AM
From: Dave B	Respond to of 93625

Here was a full copy of one of the articles I snipped earlier. I thought the last paragraph was interesting, and it addresses the "was RDRAM jammed down the engineers throats" question. ----------------------------------------- Intel move could shape future of memory market. (support for Rambus DRAM) (Industry Trend or Event) Electronic News (1991), Dec 16, 1996 v42 n2147 p18(1) Author MacLellan, Andrew Summary ... Following more than a year of industry talks, Intel's selection is fueling debate as to what form the next DRAM architecture should take and has elicited a range of responses from memory vendors. Rambus DRAM (RDRAM) is one of at least three architectures currently in development and together with SyncLink DRAM and next-generation SDRAM, or SDRAM II, is believed by industry observers to be a contender to inherit the PC's main memory real estate. According to Intel, high-end desktop PCs will begin calling for Rambus-grade, 800MHz performance as early as 1999 and begin pushing the 1-gigabyte threshold by the end of the decade. Dennis Lenehan, director of Memory Industry Enabling for Intel, said the early support of RDRAM was inspired by lessons learned after the company's sudden switch from fast page mode to EDO DRAM, a change which caught many DRAM vendors unaware and is said by Intel to have in part caused a temporary EDO parts shortage. "We've got to get more involved now in warning the DRAM industry," said Mr. Lenehan. "Looking forward, I think we need to get even more active. We need not only to give the industry some warning but we should work together to define DRAM for the PC future." According to Mr. Lenehan, the advent of more sophisticated 3-D graphics and real-time video playback will create enormous demands on PC main memory, exceeding the capabilities of a traditional SDRAM technology. And while he credited the 12-member SyncLink Consortium for recent gains in defining that memory architecture, Mr. Lenehan said RDRAM, with 10 million units shipping in 1996, is the most tangible alternative to date. As for sync DRAM, we might--with substantial changes to the module, and if we shifted to another voltage interface and changed the way the motherboard is laid out--we might be able to get a 200MHz chip to work, although that's questionable," said Mr. Lenehan.