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To: Skeeter Bug who wrote (76207)	2/19/2000 12:44:00 AM
From: mishedlo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

Several questions: 1) why is this article dated Feb 10, 1999 but with a single reference in the body to Feb 10, 2000? 2) Where is DDR? What is available? And with the problems Intel is having, could they use it anyway? If Samsung is the only one with this technology, and they are in Rambus's pocket for whatever reason, well tough luck. 3) Can Sony, Lucent, Motorola, Intel, & LSI be all wrong? 4) Assuming that I believe DDR is superior (it is probably obvious that I do not), isn't the chasm filled with superior products? Ask the competitors to Oracle and Microsoft? 5) Where is the tornado heading? Can RDRAM be stopped, if so how? 6) Isn't Hitachi scared shitless right now? If RMBS has a patent on DDRAM (prove to me that they do not), why gear up to something else that may be a big violation of these patents. 7) One more delay and RDRAM was dead. Sorry, Intel and Rambus bashers, it didn't happen. From where I sit, I say SHORT it NOW, if you are so confident. I would love to see another short squeeze as soon as the playstations hit, or a few analysts jump on the bandwagon. P.S. I am not trying to be sarcastic, but when I see so much FUD on Rambus, 5% yields, 1% market share predictions based on what happened in November, it gets a little tiring? ========================================================== Samsung Electronics Develops First 128Mb SDRAM with DDR/SDR Manufacturing Option Feb 10, 1999 * One-chip design yielding up to 133MHz includes both Double-Data-Rate (DDR) and PC100 Single-Data-Rate (SDR) functions for maximum manufacturing responsiveness to customers. * The new device will be used in data communications and data processing applications. * The market for advanced synchronous DRAMs such as DDR will emerge in 1999. Samsung will remain the leader in next-generation DRAM products offering both Synchronous DRAMs and RambusO DRAMs. Seoul, South Korea - February 10, 2000 - Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd has completed development of a 128Mb Double-Data-Rate Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (DDR SDRAM) device, which is a second-generation enhancement to the 128Mb PC100 SDRAM introduced by Samsung in 1998. This new product is an indication of Samsung's belief that support of existing synchronous DRAM product lines can continue, providing customers with evolutionary solutions while introducing new DRAM technologies like RambusO DRAM devices. Last June, Samsung Electronics became the first in the industry to come out with a 64Mb DDR SDRAM and samples were shipped to the world's major computer manufacturers. New products using DDR SDRAMs are currently under development. Now that Samsung has completed a 128Mb DDR device, the company has gained a technological and time-to-market advantage in both Rambusa DRAMs and Synchronous DRAM offerings. Samsung's 128Mb DDR chip processes data at 266MHz; 26 million characters can be transmitted per second. In a system with a 64-bit-wide memory bus, that's 2.13Gb per second peak bandwidth. Bandwidth can be increased with wider buses. Power consumption is about 0.5W (active) because of a low 2.5 volt power supply and SSTL_2 interface. This is especially helpful in systems using many DRAMs because total power consumption and heat can present significant design challenges both for the system designer as well as the chip designer. A 1.2Gb system using 64, 128Mb DDR SDRAM devices would have a memory power consumption under 7W. Finally, the 128Mb DDR SDRAM operates using a memory bus clock of 100MHz or 133MHz, the same speeds as PC100 and PC133 SDRAMs. This is significant to the system designer in that common motherboard infrastructure components are used and motherboard design rules are understood in production today. Additionally, a significant benefit to the customer is that a one-chip DDR/SDR design allows the new product to support both kPC100 and the new PC133 standard Single-Data-Rate SDRAMs as a fabrication manufacturing option for maximum customer flexibility. The company plans to begin mass producing the 128Mb DDR SDRAM version along with the 64Mb version in the second half of 1999. Samsung Electronics is leading the way for standardizing DDR SDRAMs. It has endorsed and adopted new DDR standards proposed by the Joint Electronics Device Engineering Council (JEDEC). The company expects to be an early leader supplying to the DDR market in the second half of 1999. According to Managing Director Soo-in Cho of the Samsung Electronics DRAM Design Laboratory, "We have completed development of new next-generation, standard products such as DDR SDRAM, Rambus DRAM and PC133 SDRAM and have mass-production capability in place." Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. with 1998 sales revenue of more than 17 billion dollars (US) is a world leader in the electronics industry, with operations in more than 50 countries and 60,000 employees worldwide. The company consists of three main business units: Multimedia & Home Appliances, Semiconductors and Information & Telecommunications. For more information, please visit our website, samsungelectronics.com Rambus and Rambus DRAM are registered trademarks of Rambus, Inc.