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To: Bilow who wrote (104317)	6/10/2000 1:21:00 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Carl, First thanks for posting to the thread, Rambus is a growing issue for Intel investors and I appreciate your input. I am an agnostic on memory technology and have no political or investment position at stake. At this point, the evidence suggests that Intel should be neutral as well on what memory it's processor's/MB's support, at best they were too early with their commitment (dependance?) on Rambus. So, now you are saying the Intel will suffer notebook battery performance by not implementing a DDR solution? I'm more of a marketing person than a technical person, but I wonder what percent of power is used by the memory in a typical notebook? If it's only 10% of the power consumption, and Rambus underperforms by 10%, that's not much of a penalty. If the memory uses 50% of the total power consumption, and you have a 10% penalty, it's certainly more serious. I take it you believe that the Rambus memory technology is a lost cause, that there is no redemption in a year or two? It can't be scaled to improve the price/performance? Thanks for you contribution. John