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To: lindelgs who wrote (24001)	12/11/2000 8:27:45 AM
From: Voltaire	Respond to of 65232

Morning Legs, yep, just a piece of s--- stock, right? How many miles, how many miles? Volts

To: lindelgs who wrote (24001)	12/11/2000 10:33:17 PM
From: lindelgs	Respond to of 65232

Rambus gets boost from EMC server deal By John G. Spooner ZDNet News Memory maker Rambus Inc. is about to receive a big vote of support from EMC Corp. When EMC ships its newest midrange network storage server later this week, the line will feature Rambus' Direct RAM technology. The announcement comes as a much-needed shot in the arm for Rambus, whose memory products have been used in game consoles, such as Sony PlayStation 2, or a select few Intel-based PCs. Few major companies have selected Rambus for servers or storage devices. Intel Corp., in fact, has continued to pair the server versions of its processors with standard memory. The new midrange storage server, called Clariion IP4700, uses Rambus direct RAM (RDRAM) along with a variety of Intel hardware, including the chipmaker's RDRAM-only Intel 840 chipset. RDRAM vs. SDRAM Analysts say that applications requiring large bursts of data that need to be transferred quickly could receive additional benefit from RDRAM, compared with standard synchronous dynamic RAM (SDRAM) memory. But despite its high data throughput, matched and exceeded only recently by double data rate SDRAM memory, RDRAM has been roundly criticized for its high cost and lack of performance on desktop applications. Recently RDRAM has averaged about $100 more per 128MB module than the more popular SDRAM. Analysts also say that hardware choices are limited when it comes to building dual processor, Windows-based servers. Hardware configuration choices come down to Intel and so-called third party companies, such as ServerWorks. "We can read too much into the technology choices of a vendor in the server segment. It's more about service and configuration options," said Dean McCarron, principal analyst at Mercury Research. Clariion features The Clariion IP4700, announced last week by EMC, packs up to seven terabytes of storage capacity. It uses 4GB of RDRAM along with four 733MHz Pentium III chips, dividing the hardware equally between two "storage processor" segments. Each storage processor utilizes two Pentium IIIs and 2GB of RDRAM. By providing dual channels capable of 1.6GB per second of peak bandwidth each, the 840 offers 3.2GB of peak memory bandwidth. Advanced Micro Devices Inc. has announced plans for a dual processor on the Athlon platform, based on its own AMD 760MP chip set and double data rate SDRAM, which offers up to 2.6GB of peak bandwidth. However, systems based on the 760MP are not expected to ship until mid-2001. zdii.com ------- sorry if this has already been posted. Legs.