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To: richard surckla who wrote (55047)	9/25/2000 3:27:37 AM
From: Bilow	Respond to of 93625

Hi richard surckla; I've suddenly realized that the reason that you keep harping on the motivation of bears on this thread is that the technical discussion of electronics is outside your area of expertise. But with your recent foray into the science of garden hose analysis, (i.e. garden hose explanation #reply-14445861), I now have a method for carrying on a useful discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of the various design choices available to the memory designer. It seems like such a waste to let a resourceful and active mind like yours go to waste, when the electronics industry needs and desires your assistance so much. Latest rumor is that VIA will have a mobile DDR chipset solution in 1Q01, and the problem with the garden hose analogy is that a garden hose isn't portable. What do you think would be a good analogy for the mobile market, given that the garden hose theory is problematical due to the inevitable attachment of the garden hose to the house? We have all experienced the problem with a too short garden hose. Inevitably, there are parts of the yard that you have difficulty watering. What we need is a portable source of water. And with the portability of the water, there is no longer any reason for the pressures involved with the hose. Inevitably, what I call the "sprinkling can" design will be utilized. This is a small can, with handle attached, that allows the transport of small bytes of water to the destination required. Thinking along this line, what about the new technology hitting the market, like QDR from Micron? That would seem to be more complex than a garden hose could easily describe... More like two garden hoses, one with negative pressure, the other with positive. And new advances in the technology of water movement could have repercussions on the memory technology business as well. What about recent announcements from SuperSoaker? They seem to be pushing the technological envelope with their usual gusto: The XPs are back with a 25% increase in water supply, great features, and cool new styling. supersoaker.com It seems their technology would be very useful for placing relatively small quantities of high speed water in very particular places. (T-Shirts of female companions comes to mind, but I am sure you will have your own ideas.) -- Carl P.S. Apologies to Scumbria for the style...