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To: wily who wrote (34762)	11/17/1999 9:41:00 AM
From: Mohamed Saba	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93625

DDR is inferior to Rambus now, and its potential, performance wise, is more limited than that of Rambus. Mohamed

To: wily who wrote (34762)	11/17/1999 1:20:00 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93625

Wily and others, <Maybe it's the expectation that DDR will catch up by then and offer a cheaper alternative?> And the anti-Rambus FUD continues, just like I predicted. Speaking of which, Wily, you can buy a PC700 RDRAM-equipped desktop at Dell for approximately $2000. Compaq also recently posted the fastest SPECint95 scores with their new SP750 workstation, utilizing Intel's 840 chipset and PC800 RDRAM. This workstation surpasses even Digital Alpha's SPECint95 scores. As for DDR, will they be relegated to niche-dom, or will they overtake Rambus as the mainstream memory technology? The clock is ticking ... Tenchusatsu