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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (39630)	4/12/2000 10:13:00 AM
From: Plaz	Respond to of 93625

I always suspected that implementing DDR traces on the motherboard is a lot harder than the anti-Rambus coalition is making it sound I have the same feeling. Look, Rambus worked great in specific applications for years (N64, for example). But they had a lot of trouble in getting motherboards and DIMMs to work right. After some pain, they have it working now. DDR is in the same place Rambus was 1 year ago: successful in specific apps when the chips are mounted straight on the boards (GeForce DDR graphics cards, etc). But what makes the DDR proponents think DDR will have an easier time than Rambus did when it comes to mounting on DIMMs and using in motherboards? Yes, DDR is running slower, but they have a lot more traces to worry about. And DIMMs are where the stub reflection issue really come to light, which is one of Rambus' strengths. So when they get DDR working on MBs (they will), how well will the next generation work (400MHz DDR)? Rambus has already said to expect prototypes of 1.6 GHz Rambus by this summer. Plaz