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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (77053)	10/26/1999 3:29:00 AM
From: Bilow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577030

Hi Tenchusatsu; Re that i840 system that is fast as hell. You could make an SDRAM system that is fast as hell too. Just build in two memory channels, and require paired memory, just like on the i840. There are extra expenses associated with adding in the second channel, and that is why people aren't doing it much. For one thing, you end up taking more room for memory on the motherboard. By the way, there was a fascinating quote on Rambus power consumption issues impacting on performance issues. I am going to post it over on the Rambus thread, as soon as I have caught up with my reading there. -- Carl

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (77053)	10/26/1999 9:51:00 AM
From: Ali Chen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577030

<Micron seems to think that the 840 is "fast as hell."> Eahh, the "fast as hell" makes 2.5% performance gain over 100MHz BX: Message 11698346 No need to throw additional "evidences" about the evident. Micron feels this way because i820 does not work, and VIA-133 is dog-slow, slower than PC100 440BX. They have little choice if any. The only thing Intel needed for a good winning platform was to add few gates to make 2:1 lock for AGP bus on i440BX. They must be either very smartass politicians or total idiots not to see this performance solution. They apparently decided to bend over the PC industry one more time with the RAMBUST. It is paying back now.