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To: jim kelley who wrote (40769)	4/25/2000 4:28:00 PM
From: Scumbria	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93625

Jim, DDR is a dog that won't hunt beyond a maximum clock speed well below that of RDRAM. DDR is able to deliver high bandwidth without all the cost and complexity associated with very high clock speeds. Scumbria

To: jim kelley who wrote (40769)	4/25/2000 6:56:00 PM
From: Mohamed Saba	Respond to of 93625

Here is a piece of good news: theregister.co.uk ================================== Posted 25/04/2000 2:35pm by Mike Magee Intel: Willamette already sampling Nikkei Business Wire is reporting that Intel senior VP Pat Gelsinger said the firm has already started sampling Willamette microprocessors. Willamette is Intel's next generation IA-32 processor, and was demonstrated at February's Developer Forum. According to the Asian wire, Gelsinger also said that Intel will continue to up the frequency of Coppermine Pentium IIIs beyond the 1GHz it has already achieved. Although Gelsinger would not give an exact date for volume production of the Willamette, according to Nikkei it could be between July or December. Those dates seem unnecessarily vague, if the chip is already sampling. Gelsinger, tipped by some to eventually head Intel, also said that it will take between three and eight quarters for the Willamette to begin to supplant the Pentium III family, the same reports added. If the reports are true, it suggests that Intel is on full steam ahead with the Willamette platform, probably in an attempt to cut AMD with its Athlon processor off at the gulch. Sources close to Intel confirmed that some Willamettes are indeed sampling, but so far only to development OEM accounts and to selected ISVs. Wider sampling has not yet commenced. If Intel is ahead of target on Willamette, which will start clocking at 1.4GHz, it is likely to be good news for Rambus. According to Intel, Rambus and Willamette go together like love and marriage. Others beg to differ on this. Gelsinger also said Intel is on target to intro its faster Celeron processors in Q2, despite reports in the US press last week. © ========================================== Mohamed