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To: Estephen who wrote (61426)	11/17/2000 9:22:04 PM
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Intel expects the Pentium 4 "will have the most aggressive ramp of any microarchitecture generation by far," said Jeff Austin, marketing manager in the desktop products group at Intel (Santa Clara, Calif.). Intel expects the P4 will take over the lead from the Pentium III in terms of volume sales sometime in the middle of the first half of 2002. Austin dismissed any worries that nagging questions of RDRAM cost and availability would hamper the rollout of the CPU and systems based on it. "There are five DRAM makers producing Rambus DRAMs today, so we're pretty comfortable," he said. An Intel spokesman added that the company has created an OEM program to make sure PC makers can get enough Rambus parts at a reasonable price. However, he would not disclose details of that program. Samsung said it can match any ramp Intel puts in place for the Pentium 4, and still believes RDRAM technology could become the mainstay for PC main memory as CPUs surpass speeds of 1 GHz, according to a spokesman. Samsung says it welcomes the Pentium launch, since it will spur Rambus parts production. eet.com