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To: GVTucker who wrote (112084)	10/2/2000 1:08:33 PM
From: The Duke of URL©	Respond to of 186894

Perhaps Intel's reliance on Rambus might not be as casual as previously considered. _____________________________________________ Rambus takes aim at AMD and Transmeta By: Drew Cullen Posted: 01/10/2000 at 09:00 GMT Rambus is extending its patent tentacles into AMD and Transmeta, according to Electronic Buyers'News' estimable Jack Robertson. The company wants to get the microprocessor duo to acknowledge that patents, granted in 1996, cover DDR (Double-Data Rate) SDRAM, a rival technology to its own Direct RDRAM. The unspoken threat is that Rambus will sue these companies - if they reject its claims. Rambus is already sueing a clutch of DRAM makers - Micron, Infineon and Hyundai - to stake its claims to synchronous interface patents. Meanwhile, Micron and Hyundai are sueing Rambus. But out of the litigation jungle appears to be Hitachi, which last week folded its DRAM business with NEC into a new concern, Elpida. ... theregister.co.uk

To: GVTucker who wrote (112084)	10/2/2000 1:26:02 PM
From: Craig M. Newmark	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

GV and Thread, Mask sets, schmask sets. As long as people like Jerry Pournelle are Intel believers, Intel will succeed. From byte.com "I have built AMD systems, and they've been satisfactory. I have no documentable complaints about AMD CPU chips. My problem is with the support chips. For reliable performance, I've come to the conclusion that Intel motherboards (or other motherboards built from Intel support chips) are very hard to beat. Unfortunately, the AMD Athlon series doesn't work with Intel support chips, so once you have got a motherboard that runs Athlon you will not easily change back to Intel. And of course, Intel is not likely to make a motherboard that supports AMD chips. If you want raw speed you will have to go to Athlon, and you may find that a good thing to do. For my money, Intel CPU chips on an Intel motherboard is a hard combination to beat for reliable performance, and ought to be your first consideration when you're designing a system. They cost a bit more, but not excessively so." Craig