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To: AK2004 who wrote (16858)	10/30/2000 11:58:05 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Respond to of 275872

more 760 support. coutesy Anandtech... Matrox backs AMD's 760 chipset October 30th, 2000 11:36 PM - Brandon Hill Source: Email Category: Press Releases Sebastian Macdougall of Matrox sent me this PR concerning their support for AMD's 760 DDR chipset: Matrox announces support for the AMD-760™ DDR chipset and AMD Athlon™ processor with 266 MHz frontside bus Co-validation effort facilitates introduction and market availability of first AGP 4X chipset with DDR memory technology For Immediate Release Montreal, Canada, October 30, 2000—Matrox Graphics Inc. today announced support for the AMD-760™ DDR chipset and AMD Athlon™ processor with 266 MHz frontside bus. Integrating the same memory technology used by Matrox for enhancing the graphics subsystem, AMD’s new chipset and processor are poised to raise overall graphics performance of the PC platform. The AMD-760 chipset is the first Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) 4X chipset to ship with integrated support for Double Data Rate (DDR) memory. Matrox, with extensive experience in the validation of AGP 4X technology, worked closely with AMD in validating the AGP 4X interface of the AMD-760 chipset. "AMD's long-standing relationship with Matrox has resulted in technological developments that are mutually beneficial," said Ned Finkle, director of AMD’s Infrastructure Enablement Group. "Matrox's recent collaboration in validating the AGP 4X interface on the AMD-760 chipset has helped us bring this new high-speed DDR memory technology to market." “Matrox has been anticipating the release of a chipset such as the AMD-760 that incorporates support for AGP 4X,” said Kamran Ahmed, senior strategic marketing manager, Matrox Graphics Inc. “The high-speed DDR memory technology integrated into this chipset, combined with AMD’s powerful AMD Athlon processor, is the perfect complement to the graphics technology we’ve implemented in the Matrox G450 Series.” Matrox unified drivers are also optimized for AMD’s new-generation performance processor, the AMD Athlon processor. About the AMD-760™ chipset The AMD-760 is AMD's next-generation chipset for the AMD Athlon processor. It consists of two chips—the AMD-761™ system bus controller, or northbridge, and the AMD-766™ peripheral bus controller, or southbridge. The AMD-760 chipset unleashes the power of DDR memory, enabling the ultimate performance in multi-tasking and multimedia-intensive applications. The AMD-760 chipset supports the AMD Athlon processor with a 200 MHz and a 266 MHz frontside bus, as well as PC1600 and PC2100 Double Data Rate (DDR) memory and AGP 4X graphics. About the AMD Athlon™ Processor The AMD Athlon processor is an x86-compatible, seventh-generation design featuring a superpipelined, nine-issue superscalar microarchitecture optimized for high clock frequency; the industry's first fully pipelined, superscalar floating point unit for x86 platforms; high-performance cache architecture, now featuring 384 KB of total on-chip cache (256 KB of on-chip level (L2) cache and 128 KB of on-chip level (L1) cache); enhanced 3DNow!™ technology with 24 additional instructions designed to improve integer math calculations, data movement for Internet streaming, and DSP communications. The AMD Athlon processor features either a 266 MHz frontside bus (FSB) or a 200 MHz FSB based on the Alpha™ EV6 bus protocol. AMD Athlon processors are manufactured using AMD's 0.18-micron process technology in Fab 25 in Austin, Texas and AMD's 0.18-micron technology in Fab 30 in Dresden, Germany.

To: AK2004 who wrote (16858)	10/31/2000 12:39:29 AM
From: jim kelley	Read Replies (7) \| Respond to of 275872

You are missing the point. Intel considers RDRAM the best solution for scalability in performance for its P4. The fact that they bet that RDRAM production would hit critical mass sooner and the price would drop faster is the crux of the mistake. The other mistake that Intel made was in trying to retrofit the 820 to handle SDRAM with the MTH. RDRAM is a huge success in the workstation market with the 840. Micron sabotaged Intel. Micron has been behind the anti Rambus campaign. Micron took Intel 500M and gave them no RDRAM. They betrayed Intel. Then Micron claimed in Q1 that they were going to produce RDRAM (and did not produce anything) and Samsung and NEC cut back production leading to a shortage of RDRAM in Q2 for the 820 and the 840 workstations. Now it is pay back time for MU. You have to ask yourself this question: Who in their right mind would buy a DDR Athlon system when they can get a P4 system for less money that runs at a higher clock rate 1.4 to 1,5 GHZ? RDRAM is a proven product while DDR is highly questionable. It is not going to be me! You AMDroids always focus on Intel's alleged failures and ignore its very big successes to justify your position. The 840 has been a very big success in a short amount of time. The P4 chipset is the first chipset that fully exploits RDRAM. I'm wagering that this will be an immensely successful product that will allow RDRAM to achieve critical mass and provide the scalable solution that DDR can not provide. In the meantime, as a Rambus investor, I am pleased to know that RAMBUS is collecting royalties on 22% of the SDRAM and DDR that is being sold now. The court action in Germany should determine the outcome of the Infineon suit in a few more months.