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To: Victor Lazlo who wrote (94657)	2/24/2000 1:35:00 AM
From: Bill Harmond	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 164684

No, you keep promoting the fact that the new Playstation has RDRAM. I'm pointing out, that to the best of my memory, the the old model has RDRAM, and it was the blowout leader in the game console category for the past two years. So I don't see the big new momentum thrust you are touting. I don't think Rambus is dead on arrival at all. I just think it's a sitting duck that can't fly. Every analysis I read concludes that (because of latency issues) RDRAM barely, BARELY, outperformes SDRAM in PC's and costs ALOT more. It not only carries royalty costs to Rambus, but requires a larger die size, meaning fewer chips on a wafer. Micron has a non-RDRAM chipset coming this summer that basically obsoleses RDRAM in PC's, and Intel is supporting alternative research announced this winter. There may be a market in communications gear I don't know about, but the notion of latency is not well-tolerated in networking. I don't want to rain on your parade; I hope you make money. I just don't see the there there. I'm no expert in electrical engineering, I could be way off-base, and I'll be happy to reconsider.