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To: Dave B who wrote (67616)	3/14/2001 2:41:48 PM
From: Bilow	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 93625

Hi Dave B; Re: "I didn't see anything in your 840 list (I haven't checked the 850 list yet) that says that some RIMMs will work and some won't work in specific motherboards." Do you wish to assert that no such problems have ever happened with RDRAM? I'd love to prove you wrong on this, but I don't have the links available at this time. Please admit that it did occur, or give me a nice big target - a denial, preferably with an accompanying assertion that perfection is only available through subordination to the Borg, errr, Bus. -- Carl P.S. Please do remember that I don't make these sorts of statements casually, as you have seen many times in the past.

To: Dave B who wrote (67616)	3/14/2001 9:29:19 PM
From: Ali Chen	Respond to of 93625

"There's no equivalent universal testing mechanism (or controller of the mechanism) for DDR." That's where a big part of the RDRAM problem is! The PC industry was growing so fast exactly because there were no need for "equivalent" (or any other) testing mechanism during the SDRAM era! Mom-and-pop shops, or 50% of the whole market, never tested anything, some just sold boards, others just memories, and in 99% cases everything worked just fine, no extra expenses for "qualification" etc. After all, all this RAMBUS qualification is bull - the stability of a system eventually is defined by the whole thing together, case airflow, board, power supply, board grounding, cards compatibility with other local busses, etc. I am confident the industry will achieve the same level of interoperability with DDR as well. For the SDRAM-100 it took about 2 years.