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To: tinkershaw who wrote (42761)	5/17/2001 11:21:22 PM
From: Ali Chen	Respond to of 54805

"Then how do you explain DDR which has so far proven as unstable as the initial 820 mislaunches" You partially answered your question yourself: "Heck, I'm typing on a Pentium II, 266 Mhz computer. RDRAM and high-bandwidth, and Ghz processors are still not necessary."

To: tinkershaw who wrote (42761)	5/18/2001 12:15:21 AM
From: Ali Chen	Respond to of 54805

"That is the equivalent of saying that CDMA in 1996 was not able to meet the needs in the handset market. Which is ridiculous. Of course, in 1996, CDMA could have met the needs of the marketplace." You must be confusing terms "needs" and "requirements". In 1996 there were no proper transistors to transmit the signal, no compact batteries, no mobile DSPs to process the signal. The thing just could not meet the main requirement for portables - be portable. - Ali