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To: jim kelley who wrote (43337)	6/3/2000 2:05:00 PM
From: Estephen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93625

5/31/00 - ADVANTEST CORP - Commences Shipment of Cost Effective, 1.066GHz Rambus DRAM - Test Systems New York, New York, May. 31, 2000 (Market News Publishing via COMTEX) -- Starting this month, Advantest Corporation will begin shipping its T5592 memory test system designed for lowering the test costs of high-speed Rambus(R) DRAMs. RDRAMs provide superior bandwidth and are regarded as the new main memory for desktop PCs, workstations and consumer applications. (Photo: newscom.com ) Introduced at Semicon-Japan in December 1999, Advantest's T5592 doubles the current number of devices that can be tested in parallel while offering the highest performance available of any memory tester. The T5592 increases throughput by testing 64 devices simultaneously, which greatly reduces the cost of testing RDRAMs. The 1.066GHz performance of the T5592 will provide headroom for testing future RDRAMs. By the end of May 2000, Advantest will have shipped four T5592 test systems to Japan, the United States, and Europe. Advantest plans to ship 30 units during the first half of the fiscal year and continues to work toward aggressively increasing future shipments. "The fact that Advantest, a memory tester market leader, is ramping their shipments of 64 site RDRAM testers is significant because it will help further drive down the cost of manufacturing RDRAMs," said Avo Kanadjian, Vice President Worldwide Marketing at Rambus Inc. Rambus RDRAMs gained attention for being the memory of choice for Intel's 820 and 840 chipsets. Intel's next generation processor, code named Willamette, will run at speeds greater than 1GHz and also support Rambus memory. Advantest is ready to provide future RDRAM test capacity as the need for system memory bandwidth increases. About Advantest Advantest Corporation is the world's leading automatic test equipment supplier to the semiconductor industry, and is also one of the worlds leading producers of electronic and optoelectronic instruments and systems. A global company, Advantest has long offered total ATE solutions and leads the industry in every component of semiconductor test: tester, handler, mechanical and electrical interfaces, and software. Their testers for logic, memory, mixed-signal, and RF chips, as well as their device handlers are integrated into the most advanced semiconductor fabrication lines in the world. Founded in Tokyo in 1954, Advantest established its North American subsidiary in 1982. Advantest America, Inc.; Advantest America R&D Center, Inc.; and the newly established Advantest Test Engineering Corporation are based in Santa Clara, California. Rambus and RDRAM are registered trademarks of Rambus Inc. (Nasdaq: RMBS) ______________________________________

To: jim kelley who wrote (43337)	6/3/2000 4:47:00 PM
From: gnuman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93625

Jim, re: PC133 CAS2 pricing. From Micron: Because this is a new speed grade of Micron's high-volume 133MHz SDRAM, pricing for the 133MHz 2-2-2 SDRAM will be comparable to existing 133MHz product. micron.com

To: jim kelley who wrote (43337)	6/4/2000 12:40:00 AM
From: Joe NYC	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93625

Jim, Registered PC133 CAS2 ECC SDRAM costs about the same as RDRAM, according to price watch--around $275-$300. Registered / ECC don't add any performance benefits. If anything, I think both features actually degrade performance. Many regular (non-server) motherboards don't even support Registered RAM. You get the best performance from regular PC-133 2-2-2 memory. 128 MB DIMM of this memory can be bought directly from Micron for $128.69. Here is the link: crucial.com I posted this link twice on this thread within last 2 or 3 days. But I guess you prefer to read the unsupported BS from jokers like h0db on Yahoo. Joe