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To: Saturn V who wrote (96548)	1/17/2000 3:13:00 PM
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Intel, memory suppliers launch next-generation DRAM alliance By Jack Robertson Semiconductor Business News (01/17/00, 09:51:07 AM EDT) SANTA CLARA, Calif. --Intel Corp. and five memory chip partners today made it official: a new alliance has been formed to develop a next-generation DRAM format, which is expected to be ready for use in 2003. As reported late last month (see Dec. 22 story), the alliance teams Intel with Hyundai MicroElectronics, Infineon, Micron, NEC, and Samsung to develop the new DRAM architecture. The new DRAM format will use packet data, similar to the current Direct Rambus DRAM architecture, but it will also offer a wider bandwidth, lower latency, lower cost and will be scalable to new memory densities, said a spokesman for the new alliance. The new memory chip will supplement the projected next-generation Double Data Rate-2 SDRAM, which is also expected to come on the market in the same 2003 time period. A spokesman said the new alliance's DRAM architecture and DDR-2 are expected to find different application markets and won't compete with each other. The spokesman also confirmed that Rambus Inc. of Mountain View, Calif., was not a member of the alliance. The new alliance today emphasized that its next-generation DRAM architecture "will be industry developed." Sources noted this was a major turn-around for Intel, which had tried single-handedly to dictate the adoption of Rambus' Direct RDRAM over rival PC133 SDRAM and DDR memories. The DRAM companies and Intel today said they will work together with industry participants to develop the architecture, electrical and physical design, and related infrastructure. The partners said they will provide other interested companies access to design information and provide inputs in the development process by signing a participant's agreement. Specifications will be provided to all participants for review and feedback. The five DRAM members of the alliance control more than 80% of the global dynamic memory market.