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To: Shumway who wrote (34700)	11/16/1999 9:29:00 AM
From: Mohamed Saba	Respond to of 93625

News.. http:// interactive.wsj.com/archive/retrieve@1.cgi?msaba/text/autowire/data/BT-CO-19991116-001688.djml/&NVP=&template=atlas-srch-searchrecent-nf.tmpl&form=atlas-srch-searchrecent-nf.html&from-and=AND&to-and=AND&sort=Article-Doc-Date+desc&qand=&bool_query=rmbs&dbname=%26name1%3Ddbname%26name2%3Ddbname%26name3%3Ddbname%26period%3D%3A720&location=article&HI= Rambus Calls Performance Tests With 820 Chipset Favorable By MARK BOSLET (This story was originally published late Monday.) LAS VEGAS -- With Monday's launch of Intel Corp.'s (INTC) 820 chipset, Rambus Inc. (RMBS) unveiled a round of performance benchmarks that show its new memory technology operates favorably. Intel's 820 chipset will allow Rambus's RDRAM memory technology to be used in personal computers for the first time. The chipset, which permits a computer's central processor to call up information from memory, was recently delayed six weeks while Rambus, Intel and computer makers decided how to overcome a design flaw. Subodh Toprani, Rambus vice president and general manager, said the performance data shows that changes made to the way the 820 and RDRAM memory chips are installed in computers - changes that eliminate the design flaw - do not harm performance. Tests using computer-aided-design software show computers using Rambus memory outperform competing PC100 and PC133 memory technologies, he said. The benchmarks are among the first to attempt to measure the performance difference of Rambus, billed as the memory technology of the future and backed by Intel, but also more expensive. Toprani said the extra speed of Rambus will be useful with software running video, audio applications and 3D graphics. Further, it begins to make a real difference in computers with microprocessors running at 600MHz or greater, he said. Toprani said he expects to see Rambus memory showing up in desktop computers costing $1,600 and more. The machines will use two modules, or boards, of RDRAM chips, instead of the three, he said. The three-module configuration produced the flaw. An Intel spokesman couldn't be immediately reached for comment. Rambus shares fell during Monday trading 1 1/16 to 86 15/16. - Mark Boslet, Dow Jones Newswires; 650 496-1366

To: Shumway who wrote (34700)	11/16/1999 9:32:00 AM
From: Glenn Norman	Respond to of 93625

Re:More stuff.........Powered by "RAMBUS" Yo_"BUSSERS"................I lifted this post off the "COMS" thread, pretty impressive stuff-- Message 11942883 To: Sawtooth (36276 ) From: Captain Jack Monday, Nov 15 1999 11:07PM ET Reply # of 36285 LAS VEGAS, Nov 15 (Reuters) - Consumer electronics company Sony Corp <6758.T> <SNE.N> announced a pact with Palm Computing, the developer of the PalmPilot handheld computer, to license the Palm operating system for a new line of handheld electronics products. Sony will use the software for wireless, consumer electronics devices that will include electronic organizers but also include a wide range of mobile devices that access network services and content. Palm Computing, a unit of 3Com Corp.<COMS.O> said it will use Sony's Memory Stick technology in the PalmPilot computer line. Sony's memory stick technology is a portable, re- recordable device, about the size of a stick of chewing gum, that can store digital data, audio, music and pictures. At the Comdex computer show, Sony executives did a live demonstration with the company's Memory Stick technology, recording a live performance by guitarist Steve Vai, an artist on Sony's Epic label, played back on a portable Memory Stick Walkman. Sony also showed another Memory Stick device the size of a pen. Sony's president and chief executive Nobuyuki Idei gave a keynote address at Comdex, one of the industry's biggest shows, where he talked about Sony's three gateways into the networked society - the Sony Vaio personal computer family, the set-top box and its new video gaming console, the Playstation2. "Some call Sony a hardware company, some call it a media company," Idei said. "What we are and what we will be is a broadband entertainment company." Sony said that it will be the new Sony Playstation, which will be launched in Japan next March and in the U.S. and Europe in the fall of 2000, that will be the driver for higher speed network access in the home, referred to as broadband. "We believe it is the Playstation2 and its compelling software which will accelerate the deployment of broadband networks into consumers homes," said Kazuo Hirai, the president of Sony Computer Entertainment America. "We are poised to take this to the next level of entertainment." Sony did a demonstration of the new Playstation2, which is in a sleek black box, showing clips from video games where in a car race, the graphics are so high performance that they simulated a visible heat haze from the cars driving around the racetrack. Another game, called Dark Cloud, showed the hair and the clothes of the boy character blowing in the wind. Sony's Idei also noted that the U.S. is behind Japan and Europe, which have a considerable lead in the deployment of high-speed networks to the home. He also hinted that Sony may have a challenger to Nintendo Co. Ltd.'s <7974.OS> popular Pokemon game characters. "I hate to mention that Pokemon is very popular in this country," Idei said, adding that he thinks the Sony Playstation team will fight back with another character. ((Therese.poletti@reuters.com, SF Bureau, 415/677- 2542)) REUTERS This is another link detailing the use of RAMBUS in the PlayStation2, with a excerpt of the text: news.cnet.com PlayStation2 systems will come to the U.S., but it will only be a start. The first units will contain a 128-bit "Emotion" graphics chip system that runs at a powerful 295 MHz. The system will include 32MB of Rambus memory, 4MB of video memory, 4X DVD-ROM, and technology that will allow consumers to run DVD movies. Salude to all - Norman (the BOLD highlights are mine.) L R for a V L T!