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To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (31626)	10/5/1999 10:06:00 PM
From: Mihaela	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 93625

Sun's MAJC can use a Direct Rambus memory controller or a SDRAM memory controller. See post: Message 10996458 For multimedia/MPEG, audio, and voice-over-IP,... I believe RDRAM will be the best choice to handle this streaming data on the MAJC architecture because of the sequential nature of the incoming data.

To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (31626)	11/2/1999 8:49:00 PM
From: Mihaela	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93625

Sun's MAJC chip likely to arrive in the first quarter of 2000 in a new video system called TVD. Here is a clip from the article: Good graphics performance is critical to Sun's efforts to elbow in on SGI turf. Sun will come out with a new video system soon, Scheufele said, anticipating a tenfold performance increase. Peddie said the new video system, called TVD, likely will arrive in the first quarter of 2000 and use Sun's upcoming MAJC chip. news.cnet.com My thoughts: I believe Sun's MAJC and Sony's PlayStation II systems with their 10 fold increase in graphics performance will make Intel RDRAM PC's a must have in 2000. If you can get a PlayStation II (in 2000) for ~$400 and can access the Internet via cable and have an excellent multimedia /video/voice system, Intel better architect Timna with a Rambus memory controller (vs PC133), dual channel, to exceed/match the performance of a SP II or MAJC chip. RDRAM memory costs need to come down so the value PC segment can go with RDRAM. Micron should announce their RDRAM production very soon and they should help with lowering the manuf. costs of RDRAM (Micron is said/known to be the lowest cost DRAM producer).