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To: Jdaasoc who wrote (33655)	11/3/1999 12:52:00 PM
From: kash johal	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 93625

John, Re:"My fear is "supporting" means it is capable of but does not need to contain RDRAM on motherboard. That is what a SDRAM MTH is for." I wouldn't worry about that too much. The 820 with SDRAM will be slower than the Bx with SDRAM. This will make the 733 coppermine slower than a 700coppermine on BX. This is the real deal in terms of the launch IMHO. I still have concerns about RDRAM pricing, but if IBM/Dell really introduce systems in sub $2000 range then they will sell everyone they can make. regards, Kash

To: Jdaasoc who wrote (33655)	11/3/1999 1:39:00 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 93625

John, <My fear is "supporting" means it is capable of but does not need to contain RDRAM on motherboard. That is what a SDRAM MTH is for.> You do realize, of course, that the MRH-S (formerly known as the MTH) needs to be built into the motherboard, right? In other words, "capable of supporting" doesn't really make sense, since I don't think there are going to be any motherboards out there that can support both SDRAM and RDRAM interchangeably. I think Barrett's comments are referring to 820 systems supporting RDRAM. It doesn't make any sense to delay 820 this long, only to release it as an SDRAM chipset. Tenchusatsu