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To: grok who wrote (31454)	10/2/1999 8:37:00 PM
From: Don Green	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93625

Samsung shuts down Rambus production Posted 01/10/99 1:00pm by Tony Smith Samsung has suspended Rambus production following Intel's red-faced delay of the Rambus-compatible i820 chipset on Monday. For Chipzilla, it's a double blow -- earlier this year it made a $100 million investment in Samsung specifically to win the Korean company's backing for Rambus. That investment should at least cushion the blow for Samsung which has spent heftily in setting up RDRAM production and punching out memory chips. Still, at least it won't be paying any royalties to Rambus. The payments are linked to the number of chips shipping, and with no Rambus-compatible motherboards out there, no chips will ship, and so presumably no royalties will need be paid. Meanwhile, fellow Rambus producer Toshiba told EE Times it will stick to its plan of putting RDRAM into production in Q4. That said, it will now be focusing its efforts on the video game market, rather than the PC business. ® theregister.co.uk yahoo.cnet.com I find the argument on if this is a valid story or not, interesting. But even more interesting, is the fact that Samsung didn't take the time to deny it. Don

To: grok who wrote (31454)	10/2/1999 8:44:00 PM
From: unclewest	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93625

I would believe it because Wade quotes Avo directly and Avo is in a position to know what he is talking about. kz, for a few moments let us all assume you are right...consider my first point and answer the second. Samsung is pissed. This stands to reason if they were milking the market, and are seeing their lead evaporate. I wonder if Avo got the corporate okay to tantrum, or if the reporter caught him in a testy mood. wanta guess...? Wade would not last long if he misquotes someone in a situation like this in the interest of the truth regarding the reporters, would you mind researching the current employment status of the reporter that started the ibm drops rmbs bulls%*@. we will be waiting for your report. tia, unclewest