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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (111982)	10/1/2000 1:21:33 AM
From: Tony Viola	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

Jim, Elmer, :"The problem is spelled "RamBus"":" Thank lucky stars no Rambus in notebooks or servers. Maybe Intel can redeploy some of the Timna talent to non-Rambus P4 activities? Who is doing the DDR chipset for P4? Intel or a third party? To me, putting more resources into anything Rambus is throwing good money after bad. What good is some extra bandwidth if it's not high frequency/transmission line characteristically sound. The solution that works is always infinitely better than the one that doesn't. I feel like storming over to the Rambus thread and making a complete pain in the ass of myself. In fact, Jim, your summary would be very popular over there: 1. BX- Probably the best they ever made...uses SDRAM 2. i810 uses SDRAM...integrated...works well 3. i815...uses SDRAM but developed after i820 and i840 (the higher the number the better? NOT! 4. i820 uses Rambus, problem with SDRAM MTH---a bust. limited to two sticks of Rambus... 5. i840 uses Rambus and is dual channel so can use 4 sticks of Rambus. Expensive- a semi-bust 6. i850- again uses Rambus, delayed because of MTH... a bust because it cripples the P4... 7. Timna integrated chip...originally used Rambus...delayed because of it and misses window of opportunity while trying to get the MTH to work with SDRAM... Tony