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To: Don Green who wrote (86050)	4/16/2003 7:29:19 PM
From: Pat Hughes	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93625

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To: Don Green who wrote (86050)	4/17/2003 1:57:46 PM
From: Don Green	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 93625

Goodbye RDRAM, We Hardly Knew Ya From the MAY 2003 issue OF MAXIMUM PC Intel's Bold New Road Map As Intel pushes its system bus to 800MHz, it paves the way for a new era of desktop dominance—and RDRAM is only visible in the rear-view mirror. We give you the full roadmap to Intel’s technology plans, along with a comprehensive tour of Pentium 4 chipsets. Pg# 40 Goodbye RDRAM, We Hardly Knew Ya It's funny how loyalties and alliances shift so quickly. When Intel announced RDRAM as the memory of choice for its ill-fated 820 Pentium III chipset, the tech world universally shunned the mew memory technology. RDRAM offered few performance perks when the PIll hit market, but cost four times as much as PC100. Now,as. Intel is set to turn the lights out on RDRAM, the tech world is grieving for that particular memory as though it were a child stricken with an incurable disease. So why did Intel give up on RDRAM? The company says it's simply responding to customer desires-a simplistic explanation of a much bigger issue. The truth is that Intel has finally been worn down by memory manufacturers, who've fought against RDRAM ever since it was introduced. It also hasn't helped that Rambus, RDRAM's creator, has tried to force its will on everyone through the courts. The company sued worldwide memory makers, arguing that it owned the technology behind DDR SDRAM in addition to RDRAM. Rambus could have also sued nVidia, ATI, or any other company that had a DDR memory controller, so you can see why RAM manufacturers have felt alienated. With very few memory manufacturers fabbing RDRAM, it's become clear that the memory type will never go mainstream. Thus, Intel has decided that in order to pave the way for a happier future, it needs the full support of the memory industry. For this year, Intel sees Dual DDR400 as the answer, while DDR-II will be next year's darling. Conspiracy nuts might envision a secret RDRAM chipset rising from Intel's labs, but they're just chasing dreams. No Quad-channel RDRAM chipset is on deck. At least not from Intel. maximumpc.com