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To: Scumbria who wrote (74955)	6/26/2001 3:04:53 PM
From: Skeeter Bug	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93625

scumbria... th eabove 2 gh will be ewxpensive and a niche market, imho... or it will be really cheap and mainstream. intel can't afford the former. rdram is more expensive, period. the performance gain on na desktop is minimal. you make it sound like ddr performs more slowly as we cross 2 ghz. the bottom line is that it will perform "good enough" for 99% of all desktops sold. rdram is more expensive, period. if it drops to price parity then it has a chance, but the dramurai don't want to subsidize an already bad business any more than they have to...

To: Scumbria who wrote (74955)	6/26/2001 3:17:40 PM
From: wily	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 93625

Scumbria, On the one hand, as RDRAM/DDR-DRAM price differential narrows, and as RDRAM has more of a performance benefit, we should definitely see RDRAM market share increase. On the other hand, RDRAM prices fell in synch with SDRAM prices, so why should they not rise with them also? Certainly, RDRAM manufacturing cost reductions didn't halve in the last 3 months. Also, as demand shifts to RDRAM and away from SDRAM, how will prices react? And last, what about the introduction of dual-channel DDR chipsets like Nvidia Crush? Will Intel have such an offering? How would a dual-processor Athlon box compare in price and performance to a P4/RDRAM box? Carl, what say you? wily