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To: NightOwl who wrote (47659)	7/23/2000 1:57:44 AM
From: charred water	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 93625

Nightowl, re: ece.umd.edu I inferred from your post that there were some negative aspects for RMBS in the "Conclusions". This doesn't appear to be the case. Its says that some applications are sensitive to bandwidth, and other applications (presumably running in isolation) are not sensitive to bandwidth but to latency. Further, it says that the expensive alternative of adding SRAM cache onto the DRAM die is developing with two different architectures, and that is inadvisable to splinter the available market in this way. I don't see where any of this is a threat to RMBS. I was, however, somewhat chagrined to see that JEDEC associated attempt to develop a competitor to RMBS is being paid for with my tax dollars. This work has been partially funded by DARPA grant DABT63-97-C-0047. In addition, many individuals have assisted us in this work, first and foremost the members of the Low Latency DRAM Working Group. (ed. a JEDEC subcommittee)

To: NightOwl who wrote (47659)	7/23/2000 5:29:49 PM
From: Bilow	Respond to of 93625

Hi NightOwl; Yeah, the charts on page 10 say it all, with a comparison between PC100, PC133, DDR and PC800. But the thing to note is the clear connection between the US Government JEDEC committee, the taxpayer subsidized higher education, and the evil memory makers, in their distorted analysis of the pristine beauty of the Rambus memory solution. Clearly they are all just out to get RDRAM... -- Carl

To: NightOwl who wrote (47659)	7/23/2000 5:45:47 PM
From: Bilow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93625

Hi NightOwl; Platform2000 actually was Jan 26-27, 2000. The article you gave was from 27th International Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA-2000). Here is an interesting link from Platform2000: Today Korean conglomerate and memory giant Hyundai MicroElectronics pronounced the death of RDRAM, while promoting DDR (double data rate) memory. The company cited* six reasons "Why the Market Chose DDR" which include risk factors, cost factors, performance advantages, backward compatibility and the industry's preference for open standards. ... Keep in mind, though, that Platform 2000 should be titled Platform Rambus Alternatives 2000 because it does carry a bit of a bias against Intel. pcaccelerate.com -- Carl