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To: Bilow who wrote (41661)	5/8/2000 2:03:00 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Respond to of 93625

Carl, <Dell says that they are using PC600, but that doesn't mean that they are using it at 600MHz. Evidence seems to suggest that they are running it at 566MHz.> Actually, I think you are right. I think it's the 820 chipset that runs PC600 at 566 MHz. I don't think anyone is arguing (except for the marketing folks) that PC600 is any good for the 820 chipset. It's probably much better used in the 840 chipset thanks to the dual-channel design. I also think PC600 RDRAM should be used in Timna, since that would make a much better performer than Timna w/ MRH-S and SDRAM. <Wait until PC2100 comes out, it will have twice the bandwidth that Dell is currently shipping, and with lower latency.> Then why is there all this talk about DDR-200 in addition to DDR-266? Surely if DDR-266 is so easy to manufacture, there'd be no need for DDR-200, right? Tenchusatsu

To: Bilow who wrote (41661)	5/8/2000 3:38:00 PM
From: Dave B	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93625

Carl, They [Dell] don't appear to be doing terribly well in the bench marks, either. I don't know what you're looking at, but both PC Mag and PC World put the Dell systems at the top of the heap (PC World put them way beyond the top of the heap with Dell 800Mhz B Series systems performing equal to the Athlon 1Ghz systems and the Dell 1Ghz system at about 33% better than the best 1G Athlon). Those benchmarks sound wonderful to me. Weren't you here when Scumbria, Gene P. and I were discussing all this a couple of weeks ago? Dave

To: Bilow who wrote (41661)	5/8/2000 8:07:00 PM
From: visionthing	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 93625

Bilow, milo, ali... Our benchmarks clearly show the performance edge the Intel i820 chipset equipped with Rambus memory has over the other chipsets. In summary, we?re confident that Rambus will continue work on improving the performance of its technology and lowering the price of RDRAMs. Due to the growing demand in memory bandwidth, the arrival of GHz CPUs, Gigabit Networking, real time audio/video and the ever-growing demands of today?s software, we?ll soon run into memory bandwidth problems. RDRAM is not perfect, but it is currently one of the most promising solutions to bandwidth, latency and propagation delay problems, and it is scalable, a distinct advantage. It still is expensive, but that's partly because it's new and the market has not caught on yet. Once more manufacturers start producing RDRAM and it becomes as readily available as SDRAM now is, we will see its prices dropping, too. We think it is about time to step away from the endless price/performance discussion and open our eyes to the potential Rambus Direct RDRAM has to offer. We?re not saying you shouldn?t keep an eye on good value, but due to all the negative press Rambus and Intel have gotten for adapting this new memory architecture, the focus hasn?t been on the performance potential of Rambus, but on the price and supposedly poorer performance of Rambus modules. Given the technological advantages Rambus Direct RDRAM offers over current and upcoming memory technologies and its scalability we?re confident that once prices start dropping and the technology becomes more commonplace we?ll value its performance, bandwidth, robustness, and above all its scalability. hardwarecentral.com VT