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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (45269)	6/20/2000 3:03:00 PM
From: Scumbria	Respond to of 93625

Ten, there have been several comparisons posted on this thread between equivalently configured RDRAM and SDRAM desktops from Dell. The price difference is much lower than you might think. There may be more to this than meets the eye. Scumbria

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (45269)	6/20/2000 3:10:00 PM
From: chic_hearne	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93625

Tench, 1) Willamette will initially be going into high-end workstations costing between $3,000 and $5,000. Obviously people buying such beasts aren't going to be very cost-concious. Good, exactly what I want Intel to do. Create high powered workstations with probably a minimum of a half gig of DRDRAM in them. 2) It is generally agreed that spot prices and contract prices for RDRAM differ by a wide margin. Companies like Dell and Sony are probably getting RDRAM at prices much lower than your average Joe looking at Pricewatch.com. 3) Related to #2, there have been several comparisons posted on this thread between equivalently configured RDRAM and SDRAM desktops from Dell. The price difference is much lower than you might think. I don't disagree on this either. The point is if a company could sell 128 MB of DRDRAM to Dell for $200, or on pricewatch for $500, what do you think they'd do? I'm sure Dell and others are getting a good deal, but DRDRAM is still outrageously priced. Since you are an Intel employee, I hope you speak for the company. It kind of scared me a few days ago when Paul Engel posted that "if Intel isn't designing a DDR SDRAM solution they are being STUPID!!" (typical Engel caps to make the point) chic