To: chic_hearne who wrote (118030 ) 6/28/2000 12:23:00 PM From: Daniel Schuh Respond to
chic, on the Rambus, er, situation, here's an article from Chris Kent that Anand picked up. realworldtech.com Regardless of how things play out, one thing is certain: Rambus has managed to invoke the ire of the entire memory industry and many consumers. DRDRAM will have some difficulty making significant inroads due to a portion of the market resisting it, just because it is Rambus who is pushing it. Manufacturers will be investigating workarounds for their SDRAM implementations in order to avoid paying royalties. New implementations will not include any Rambus inventions, if they can be avoided, for the same reason. Though Rambus seems to have won these early battles, the war that is business lasts a long time, and now they may have made themselves a target as well. It would seem that Rambus will need the same top notch management that brought Intel to the position they are in. However, just as is the case with Intel today, it only takes a few missteps to lose that edge, and Rambus does not seem to have the popularity that Intel did when they started their ascention?
