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To: Road Walker who wrote (136558)	6/4/2001 11:08:34 AM
From: Tony Viola	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

John, re SDRAM/DDR SDRAM chipset: Anand says: "the Stability of the i845 chipset, even with DDR SDRAM, is supposed to be incredible. motherboard manufacturers are already claiming it to be the new BX chipset and are expecting it to last for approximately two years in the market. There won't be any DDR replacements for the i845 anytime according to Intel's roadmap. Stability, a word we haven't seen in the same sentence with AMD for a while. Bloomberg TV today also had a bottom of the screen blurb (no discussion) saying "Intel may push new chipset before October to push PC sales." Anand also said: The truly interesting thing about the i845 chipset is that in its current state it supports DDR SDRAM. Intel has simply not allowed motherboard manufacturers to design DDR i845 motherboards until they give the go ahead. If you're wondering why, the reason is simple; Intel has an agreement with Rambus in place that limits what they can do with DDR chipsets. Through some very heavy negotiations Intel has managed to get Rambus to allow them to promote the i845 with DDR support as early as January 1, 2002. Our sources tell us that Intel will continue to push for an even earlier release of DDR i845 platforms but as of now, motherboard manufacturers can't show off or promote DDR i845 motherboards until January 1, 2002. anandtech.com Tony