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To: Paul Engel who wrote (105806)	7/18/2000 3:32:18 PM
From: Diamond Jim	Respond to of 186894

Intel pact with Rambus prohibits DDR chip sets for three years [By: Rajeev Kadam on 7/18/00 - Talk Back Intel Corp. is essentially barred from introducing its own double data rate (DDR) chip set for microprocessors in personal computers before 2003, under terms of its 1997 licensing agreement with Rambus Inc. Industry sources said the virtually unknown restriction explains why Intel recently licensed patents for chip set support of DDR memories to Via Technologies Inc., Acer Laboratories Inc, and Silicon Integrated Systems Corp. (SiS) in Taiwan. The pacts allow these three companies to offer DDR chip sets for Intel's Pentium III and Celeron processors. An Intel spokesman in Santa Clara denied that the company's DDR chip set deals had any connection with Intel's own Rambus licensing agreement. He agreed, however, that independent chip set suppliers could fill a void for DDR support in PCs with Pentium III and Celeron processors, since Intel has no double data rate products. DDR chip sets are becoming a paramount concern for Intel, since later this year Athlon processors from archrival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. will be supported by a bevy of new double data rate chips. Unable to sell any of its own DDR chip sets for PCs, Intel has been forced to rely on other suppliers to provide logic/memory controllers to compete against AMD's high-end central processor, according to sources. SBN semibiznews.com