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To: Bilow who wrote (67641)	3/14/2001 7:04:43 PM
From: Dave B	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93625

Carl, The one advantage in reliability that RDRAM has had is that Intel has pushed it. But Intel also lost most of the chipset business to VIA over that very error. If/When anyone else makes RDRAM chipsets, they will be subject to the same stringent requirements that Intel had to pass. If VIA decides eventually to make and RDRAM chipset, they'll have to pass the same criteria. Ditto for anyone making RIMMs. So it has nothing to do with Intel. I believe it's in the Rambus contract that you can't sell your products until they pass the Rambus testing (which I think is performed by an outside group). Team DDR does not have this same level of control built into their system. There is no central authority that can say "hey, you've designed a product that is too marginal and is going to cause problems for consumers when they try to put it into their systems." Therefore, we are going to see the incompatibilities that Team DDR are claiming already exist between the various components. Dave