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To: Scumbria who wrote (111613)	5/19/2000 12:03:00 PM
From: hmaly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572605

Scumbia Re..<<One reason that Intel is sticking with Rambus is that they are concerned about future bandwidth requirements in 2GHz+ processors. They are concerned that DDR will max out below the speeds required for those CPU's.<<< Scumbia, I realize the bandwidth concerns, but can there possibly be more to it, such as; maybe the core for Willy is designed using Rambus and now Intel would have a hard time getting top speed out of Willy if DRAM was used. Are there some subtle differences between the memories such that if you designed for Willy, it wouldn't run as fast on DRAM even with a DRAM chipset; unless you revise the core???? For instance, changing the pin connectors to dram so MTH isn't needed, does that require a core revision, and how long would it take? Harry