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To: stribe30 who wrote (137039)	5/24/2001 11:37:57 PM
From: Jdaasoc	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577883

stibe: The 860 chipset is not even a server chipset but it sure beasts anything out there currently. Intel got server stuff coming out the wazoo for Q's 2, 3 and 4. john

To: stribe30 who wrote (137039)	5/24/2001 11:47:39 PM
From: froland	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577883

stribe30:This isn't without good reason; with support for no more than 4GB of RAM and with RDRAM still priced higher than DDR SDRAM, the i860 platform isn't ideal for the truly high end servers that demand a minimum of 4GB of memory. I never knew Intel was targeting the Xeon at anything other than the lower tier of the server market. I agree RDRAM is priced higher than the freefalling DDR. Yep, there is demand for RDRAM which keeps the prices up. As for DDR, the worlds major DDR motherboard manufacturers have stopped production of DDR motherboards citing lack of demand and poor performance. There's your answer as to why DDR prices are plunging. At $0, DDR prices should achieve long term equilibrium with its demand. froland.

To: stribe30 who wrote (137039)	5/24/2001 11:52:52 PM
From: froland	Respond to of 1577883

stribe30: This isn't without good reason; with support for no more than 4GB of RAM and with RDRAM still priced higher than DDR SDRAM, the i860 platform isn't ideal for the truly high end servers that demand a minimum of 4GB of memory. I never knew Intel was targeting the Xeon at anything other than the lower tier of the server market. Also, RDRAM is priced higher than the freefalling DDR prices. Yep, there is demand for RDRAM which keeps the prices up and its manufacturers happy. As for DDR, the world major DDR motherboard manufacturers have stopped production of DDR motherboards citing lack of demand and poor performance. That's why the DDR prices are plunging. It must be demoralizing to work in a DDR fab and see all those chips piling up into a mountain at the end of the assembly lines. froland.