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To: Petz who wrote (111440)	5/18/2000 11:53:00 AM
From: 5dave22	Respond to of 1583764

Petz <I liked this quote from Samsung: "only 20% of Rambus chips now shipping are binned out at 800 MHz. ?And that's a factor of yields,? Eminian said." If its that bad for Samsung, Micron and other RAMBUS makers must have even worse "binsplits."> Yes, it was nice hearing it as a direct quote from Eminian rather than "rumors". Dave

To: Petz who wrote (111440)	5/18/2000 1:44:00 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1583764

Petz, <It confirms that Intel will use "PC600" RAMWagon memory for Willy. (Its not really RamBUS, because its slower than a wagon (533 MHz, 16 bits = zero advantage over PC133, 64 bits).> First of all, I believe if Willamette/Tehama supports PC600 RDRAM, that RDRAM will run at the "full" 600 MHz, not that weird 533 MHz. The base clock of the Tehama chipset is 100 MHz, making a 600 MHz Rambus clock easily doable. And second, 840 supported PC600 RDRAM. Assuming Tehama is an offshoot of 840, "adding" PC600 support is easy. I can't speak much about PC800 RDRAM yields. However, I feel a simple solution would be to put the unwanted PC600 parts into Timna-based systems. That should create more demand for all speeds of Rambus. Tenchusatsu