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To: Scumbria who wrote (38358)	3/18/2000 3:26:00 PM
From: McNabb Brothers	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 93625

Scumbria, Can you tell me when this news came out? I see the 18th on this report, but was wondering if it came out sooner and this was just a follow up! Hank

To: Scumbria who wrote (38358)	3/18/2000 3:27:00 PM
From: pompsander	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93625

I am not a technical person. If, as Tench says, Rambus is a perfect technology for game consoles, why would both Nintendo and Microsoft opt away from what is now a proven technology with numerous advantages to a still generally untested technology? This does not seem logical. What about all the old "unstable" arguements against DDr? Is there more here than meets the eye?

To: Scumbria who wrote (38358)	3/19/2000 3:54:00 AM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 93625

Scumbria, two questions: 1) Why is DDR even being considered for game consoles? Rambus sounds like a much better solution for systems requiring a lot of bandwidth out of a relatively small memory capacity. That's why Playstation 2 uses Rambus. OK, so prices are sky high, but they're bound to come down, right? Once they do, what's the technical advantages to using DDR over Rambus in consoles? 2) Do you think the lawsuit against Hitachi stands a good chance of succeeding? My guess would be no, contrary to what most RMBS bulls think, but I wanted to get your opinion. Tenchusatsu