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To: The Duke of URL© who wrote (92334)	11/13/1999 12:30:00 PM
From: Dan3	Respond to of 186894

Re: your example compares 128cp.. I wrote: As a result, it costs an enduser $1,000 for a 128 meg Rambus module when the same size PC133 module is $225. It seemed to beg the question, "what if I don't need as much rambus?" so I next wrote: Rambus edges out PC133 in some applications, but not nearly enough to make a 64 meg Rambus computer competitive with a 128 meg PC133 computer - which would still leave the PC133 system a lot cheaper, so that approach won't work. Having said "that approach won't work", we're back to 128 and 128. Just to make it obvious, I restated 1000 - 250 as 750. $750 is a big delta when the price of a middle to upper end PC is typically $1750 to $2500. I'm afraid that further lessons in remedial reading and comprehension will have to be accompanied by a moderate charge. <vbg> Dan

To: The Duke of URL© who wrote (92334)	11/13/1999 12:31:00 PM
From: Dan3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Intel to Support DDR for Itanium Nov 12, 1999 --- Intel may have decided to use double data rate (DDR) DRAM with the Itanium (formerly called Merced) microprocessor, sources say, after an apparent butting of heads with Hewlett-Packard Co., its development partner, over the issue. HP made a decision not use the Itanium architecture, the first in Intel's IA-64 family of 64-bit processors, when it discovered Intel was going to tie Itanium with direct Rambus DRAM (RDRAM) technology, the sources said. Not wanting to lose one of the larger server vendors, Intel is believed to be appeasing HP by endorsing DDR for servers and as the primary platform for the Itanium processor. Intel would neither confirm nor deny speculation that the company would advocate use of DDR, though the microprocessor giant did confirm that it plans on using SDRAM for the first iteration of Itanium processors, an Intel spokeswoman said. Stay tuned for Peter Brown's full report Monday at www.electronicnews.com electronicnews.com ================================================== Guess HP is pretty adamant that no PC at all is better than a PC with rambus. Dan