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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (77592)	10/28/1999 3:53:00 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Respond to of 1571903

Jim, <I think they are 6 layer PCBs that cost a little more.> Funny you should notice that. Did you know that the 820 motherboards are 4-layer? Some say that the current "issue" with the 3 RIMM sockets could have been solved with a 6-layer motherboard, but I guess Intel figured they could have pulled it off with just a 4-layer design. It was a riskier move, but I think Intel was more concerned about driving costs down and volumes up for 820-based motherboards and didn't consider the risks like this Rambus problem. Makes me wonder whether it'd be better if the whole world just moved to a 6-layer motherboard design. AMD has already done it with Athlon, although there are reports of 4-layer Athlon motherboards being developed. And Intel can solve a lot of Rambus signaling issues by going 6-layer as well. Tenchusatsu