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To: Scumbria who wrote (39921)	4/14/2000 7:31:00 PM
From: Dave B	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93625

Scumbria, Can you elaborate? I can't add too much more. Here's the transcription of my notes: ---------- Harmon covered again the fact that the PS 2 would have 2 128Mb RDRAM chips. He said that showing RDRAM working in a low-cost, low-end platform like this would have an effect on the consumer market. A little later in his presentation, he claimed that if the PS2 had used SDRAM or DDR, the number of pins on the CPU for memory access would have gone from the ~140 for 2 RDRAM channels to ~200 to ~400, requiring 16 SDRAM chips or 8 DDR chips. They estimate that this would have added $30 to $50 to the cost of making the PS2. --------------- I don't remember any other specific details, though I have a vague recollection of him maybe mentioning the logic chips involved. Maybe some of the other attendees have additional info. Dave