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To: Estephen who wrote (126528)	10/19/2000 10:25:18 AM
From: jcholewa	Respond to of 1579130

> WHEN AMD announces (not if, when) they'll be praising rambus to high heaven !!! At least if the amdroids are > consistant in their tunnel vision. Plase do not generalize all AMD investors like that. A good number of AMD investors are ambivalent as to the type of memory supported in the chipsets for AMD processors. Some number of AMD investors likely already support the implementation of DRDRAM in AMD and/or compatible chipsets. Additionally, some AMD investors never, ever praise AMD, choosing to criticize the company at every turn. There are plenty of non-cheerleaders on this thread (actually, there are more noncombative non-cheerleaders in the mod thread). I would like it if you could tell me your reasons for why you think Direct Rambus DRAM will specifically become the dominant memory type for AMD platforms. And why you think it would be a bad move for chipset vendors who support AMD platforms to not create north bridges supporting DRDRAM. Mind you, from my perspective I note that Rambus has claims to both RDRAM and SDRAM IP, so there should be an actual technological reason for why you prefer RDRAM, not a reason along the lines of "because Rambus will make AMD pay; they are an 800 lb gorilla and will rox0r j00". -JC