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To: Scumbria who wrote (56387)	10/3/2000 5:37:38 PM
From: Dave B	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 93625

Scumbria, Each channel of a DRDRAM system gives 1.6GB. Each connection to DDR gives 2.1GB. sylvester wasn't talking about channels, he was talking about the P4. The P4 uses two RDRAM channels giving 3.2GBs of bandwidth. There have been no reports that I've seen of two-channel DDR systems or chipsets that support two channels of DDR. Likewise, there will not be any single-channel P4s. Therefore, it is misleading, when he's talking about systems that will only have 2 channels of RDRAM, to compare the speed of a single of RDRAM with a single channel of DDR and try to claim that the DDR system will have the greater bandwidth. You weren't stating an opinion about a new subject, this is about a response to his statement. Either you misunderstood him (and forgot that the P4 had two RDRAM channels), or you were being intentionally misleading in your response. My guess is the former. Alternatively, if you're going to switch to a new subject, you might want to point that out (to avoid misunderstandings <G>). In any event, as you've indirectly explained in the rest of your message, from a system point of view, the DDR systems will be 2.1GBs (if they support DDR-II, otherwise 1.6GBs with DDR-I), versus 3.2GBs with P4 systems. Dave

To: Scumbria who wrote (56387)	10/3/2000 5:48:42 PM
From: GVTucker	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 93625

Scumbria, RE: Why must every comment be met with suspicion? Come now, you know the answer. You have a negative bias towards RMBS. Consequently, you must be either a paid basher or a short seller that is trying to manipulate the price of RMBS. OTOH, all the people that have a positive bias toward RMBS are 100% altruistic.

To: Scumbria who wrote (56387)	10/3/2000 6:47:52 PM
From: Dave B	Respond to of 93625

Scumbria, Why must every comment be met with suspicion? Suspicion of what? I gave you at least 3 possible outs and suggested that I believed there was no malice intended. But your response was a non-sequitor to sylvesters post, IMO, which presented a potentially negative view of RDRAM for no good reason (especially since you can't get DDR-I systems yet, let alone DDR-II, and those will all be single-channel DDR systems if they ever show up). Before you ask why I don't correct the bulls posts, it's because I read few of those in detail. I pretty much know what they're going to say. And while I don't care for positive misinformation, I care for negative misinformation even less. I'm sure you probably thought you were posting an honest answer to sylvesters post. In which case, consider my post simply a response to ensure that any lurkers on the thread didn't get the incorrect impression about PC systems built with RDRAM and DDR-II. The RDRAM systems will have higher bandwidth. Don't be so touchy <G>. Dave