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To: tejek who wrote (129242)	12/2/2000 9:45:23 AM
From: Estephen	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1570658

NEWS FLASH...... DDR stank technology is begining to look like a hoax as foretold by the Profit Estephen. Friday December 01 05:16 PM EST Noisy bus puts brakes on Micron PC By John G. Spooner, ZDNet News Electrostatic noise causes MicronPC.com to redesign the motherboard on new high-end PCs, delaying shipping times by up to six weeks. MicronPC.com has pushed out the expected ship date of one of its two new Millennia Max Xp PC models because of a noisy motherboard problem. The PC is based on Advanced Micro Devices Inc.'s (NYSE:AMD - news) new 760 chip set, which offers either a 200MHz or a 266MHz front side bus. (The bus provides a data pipeline between the processor and memory subsystem.) MicronPC.com is currently the only PC maker shipping the 760 chip set in North America. When the PC maker began production of the higher-end of the two PCs -- the Max Xp with the 266MHz front side bus -- it discovered more electrostatic discharge noise emanating from the bus than was anticipated, said company spokesman Paul Desmond. That noise, essentially electrical interference, could potentially affect the PC's RAM or hard drive. Six-week delay As a result MicronPC.com halted production, which has delayed shipping lead times by roughly six weeks -- to approximately 98 days from about 56 days. The company has since redesigned the motherboard, working with AMD and motherboard maker Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. The redesign added hardware filters to reduce or eliminate the noise. MicronPC.com is now qualifying the new motherboard and expects to begin shipping as soon as Jan. 20. Its "worst-case scenario" ship date is now Feb. 12, Desmond said. The PC features a 1.2GHz Athlon chip, 266MHz bus and 266MHz Double Data Rate Synchronous Dynamic RAM (PC 2100 memory). Its price starts at about $2,645. Micron is currently shipping the other Xp model -- configured with a 1.2GHz Athlon chip and 200MHz bus -- priced starting at about $1,959. Lead times on that PC are about five days, Desmond said. While Micron is the first PC maker to ship the 760 chip set, other PC makers are expected to announce systems with the chip set and memory technology in the first half of next year. dailynews.yahoo.com