To: John Walliker who wrote (66762 ) 2/28/2001 5:36:44 PM From: Bilow Read Replies (1) | Respond to Hi John Walliker; Samsung says PC133 only for servers: ebnonline.com ...Unimpressed with PC133 's modest performance increase-and concerned that support for it could steer the industry away from the Rambus memory path - Intel has steadfastly refused to endorse the alternative interface. Intel owned 80% of the chipset market in 1998 , according to Mercury Research Corp., Scottsdale, Ariz. While other chipset manufacturers-most notably Via Technologies Inc. and Reliance Computer-are rolling out their own PC133-compatible chipsets, the absence of an Intel-branded part will certainly restrict supply, and sends a cautionary message to conservative PC vendors. Calling PC133 SDRAM “a distraction,” Avo Kanadjian, vice president of memory marketing for Samsung Semiconductor, San Jose, said the lack of chipset support will limit the memory to server applications . “I don't expect any excitement to be created with another synchronous DRAM [PC] machine,” he said. “I do expect excitement with a Rambus machine.”
