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To: Bilow who wrote (42687)	5/21/2000 10:07:00 PM
From: jim kelley	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 93625

Carl, You are very selective with your memory. SUNW recently introduced MAJC which makes use of Rdram. They selected RDRAM over DDR SGRAM for some very good reasons I assume. SUNW appears to believe that they can get sufficient supplies for MAJC which has graphics capability. Moreover, PS-II has significant graphics capability. The use of SGRAM by NVIDIA over RDRAM may be due more to the production immaturity of RDRAM at the time of the selection than to any inherent technical advantage for SGRAM. After all, special testing equipment is needed that only recently became available. Production only recently ramped on RDRAM and its production infrastructure is still growing. The Nvidia chip decisions had to take place long before RDRAM had sufficient production maturity. Your assertion that RAMBUS published misleading technical information is falsely reasoned. You assert that they were pushed out of graphics, servers and Mobile segments. Then, you submit this as proof that their technical articles were misleading. This is PURE BS! In fact, RDRAM SODIMMs may be used in prformance laptops in Q4. They draw 1/2 the power of DDR in operation, have a built in nap mode and simplify laptop board design. Also, it is likely that RDRAM will appear in low end servers in Q4 as well. Cheers :)