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To: Paul Engel who wrote (115055)	10/28/2000 2:57:19 AM
From: Barry Grossman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Paul, Does this mean that all those media stories we saw heralding the end of the Intel/Rambus relationship were overexaggerated and biased just a wee bit? Barry computerworld.com Barrett says Intel still a Rambus believer By TERHO UIMONEN, IDG NEWS SERVICE (October 27, 2000) Intel Corp. remains committed to introducing its forthcoming Pentium 4 processor with Rambus Inc.'s high-speed memory interface technology, which Intel believes is the right choice for high-end desktop PCs, Intel's president and CEO, Craig Barrett, said today. The introduction and ramp-up of the Pentium 4, which will be launched in about a month and runs at speeds of 1.4GHz and 1.5GHz, will use Rambus dynamic RAM as its main memory, Barrett said in a press conference. "We still are a believer in RDRAM for high-performance desktop applications," he said. Barrett made his comments in response to a question regarding a widely cited article in the Financial Times newspaper that quoted him as saying that Intel's bet on Rambus "did not work out." "Let's de-sensationalize the quote," said Barrett, adding that his comment was specific to Intel's decision to select RDRAM for use as main memory in PCs based on a highly integrated processor code-named Timna. Intel recently decided to kill Timna before its planned launch, which after several delays, had been scheduled for release next year (see story). When Intel selected RDRAM for the planned Timna processor, which was to be used in low-cost PCs, the company was expecting RDRAM to be a cost-efficient volume product by the time the processor was ready to ship, Barrett added. RDRAM chips, however, continue to carry a significant price-premium over mainstream Synchronous dynamic RAM chips, and Intel has also announced plans to introduce in 2001 a chip set for use in Pentium 4 systems with SDRAM support. Chip sets are key circuitry that allow a processor to communicate with the rest of the system. In related news, Barrett said that Intel has already licensed other companies to make chip sets for Pentium 4 systems but declined to name any of the licensees. "That's up to you guys to figure out," Barrett told the room full of reporters.