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To: Petz who wrote (256998)	11/7/2008 1:15:19 AM
From: Elmer Phud	Respond to of 275872

Didn't Timna need a northbridge chip even if it used RDRAM? No, it needed a SouthBridge. And for an SDRAM system, it needed two chips. No, it needed 3. Timna, SouthBridge and MTH. A CPU with graphics and memory controller onboard is a true SOC that can bring major cost savings. Timna couldn't, even if RDRAM worked out for Intel. You need a SouthBridge as well to be a true SOC because you need I/O in the form of USB, SATA, PCIE etc. An example is Intel's Tolapai (for which I provided Engineering Services). An earlier honorable mention was the i386EX (for which I also provided Engineering Services). It was too early for the highspeed serial interfaces but it did have conventional I/O in the form of serial ports and GP I/O.