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To: Ali Chen who wrote (40168)	4/17/2000 11:09:00 PM
From: Dave B	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93625

Ali, 1) It is possible to demo anything. They demoed the Rambus in 199-when? So what? The real challenge is to produce "en Masse" and within competitive cost. Rambus has been in production and working since 199-when (1995 or 6) in the Nintendo game console. It was a slightly different form of Rambus but the basic concepts were there. It was the 820 chipset, not RDRAM, that was having problems and caused the delay last year. The 840 has experienced no problems. Cost is definitely still an issue, but declining. 2) "by doubling the width" - finally they see the light at the end of their tunnel... You guys really love those wide data paths, don't you <G>. Of course, by doubling the bus width, they're surpassing any competitive technology by leaps and bounds. Is DDR going to go to a 256-bit data path to stay current with RDRAM at 32 bits wide? 3) "and doubling the speed" This must be the best joke I ever heard! I guess we'll have to see who has the last laugh. While some delay may occur, Geoff Tate is definitely not into hyperbole and he said that's what they were going to do. BTW, I heard from an ex-Rambus employee that one of the JEDEC members accused the Rambus engineers of faking the test when they demoed the 500Mhz version of RDRAM to the councilmembers. The signals on the oscilloscope were apparently too clean. The JEDEC member claimed just as you have that there was no way this could be done. I wonder what he's thinking now. <When do you think DDR will get there?> Definitely never. Nothing can compete with the hype of this scale! So if Rambus succeeds at what they've said they're going to do then you're saying that DDR is "dead, dead, dead" I guess. Dave p.s. Thanks for a more reasonable posting style.