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To: grok who wrote (73061)	9/25/1999 1:50:00 AM
From: Charles R	Respond to of 1575845

<Maybe Monday we'll see Intel trying to announce product with 256MB max mem.> This looks like a possibility but I wonder how probable that is. Couple of things working against Intel. Firstly, RDRAM was targetted at the highend where the customers will probably scoff at 256MB. Secondly, Dell, the blue chip high end player and the biggest supporter for the cause so far, had a pretty harsh comment "not production worthy" or something like that. There was no spin to it. Too blunt. <Then we'll see if any OEMs are willing to ship it.> If Intel pissed off their best customer, I wonder who is left to carry the torch. P.S.: Good work on tracking down the 512MB issue!

To: grok who wrote (73061)	9/25/1999 2:39:00 AM
From: dumbmoney	Respond to of 1575845

I believe that double sided RIMMs require Rdrams with "mirror image" package footprint so that match pin-for-pin with the chip on the other side with vias going right through the RIMM. This may delay availability and validation. Fascinating...that never occurred to me, but it makes perfect sense. Of course they can't snake the signals around both sides of the RIMM, since that would double the trace length. I had heard somewhere that more than 8 Rdrams on a RIMM doesn't work but I cannot remember where I heard it. But, at least, it looks like they're not validated. So if you have to use 128MByte RIMMs then it looks like you've got either 384MBytes Max mem with 3 slots or 256MByte max mem if the 3rd slot doesn't work. I think you got it. What a mess!

To: grok who wrote (73061)	9/25/1999 12:09:00 PM
From: Tom Warren	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575845

"The 144Mb and 128Mb RDRAM components, as well as a 256Mb module have all been quality certified by the Intel Validation test program. In addition, Samsung Electronics plans to begin producing a 256Mb RDRAM device starting next year." Looks like they may be validated, but not available. Sept 9 press release: samsung.com